Facebook and Instagram users have accused Meta of artificially boosting Trump's follower count by forcing people to follow him in the wake of Monday's inauguration. The issue was raised after several people discovered that their accounts were following the president despite them having given no indication that this was something they'd like to do.

Shortly after Trump was sworn as president, Facebook users reported their accounts were forced to automatically follow him. Not exactly.

Meta said Facebook and Instagram users were not forced to follow Trump but that unfollowing the new White House accounts 'might take some time.'

For many of America’s 170 million TikTok users, US President Donald Trump’s move to delay a legal ban of the popular social media platform was cause for celebration. But in China, where TikTok’s parent company is based, the reception has been less positive.

The Biden administration put pressure on Facebook to take down memes about Covid-19 and began investigations into the company because it refused, Mark Zuckerberg has claimed.

Some Meta users said that they believed they were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance’s pages, and that Instagram was blocking searches for the #democrat hashtag.

The lefty account holders were left dumbfounded when posts from the country’s newly sworn-in leaders appeared on their feeds despite never hitting follow for either Trump or Vance.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance this week after the president was inaugurated — but that's likely because they had previously followed official U.S. government accounts.

As he assumes the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump brings with him a broad expanse of business relationships and financial entanglements.

Meta is denying claims that Facebook and Instagram users are being made to follow the president without consent.

Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and ... as he returns to the White House, a promise that would likely ...