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After the U.S. president’s inauguration Monday, some Instagram users were surprised to discover they were following Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. CBC’s Ashley Fraser breaks down what’s going on and what Meta has to say about it.
Meta is pushing back on claims from social media users who say they’ve been forced to follow Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance.
The allegations gained steam on Tuesday, a day after Trump took office, with some users saying that the platforms, both owned by Meta, made them followers of those accounts without permission.
Pop singer Gracie Abrams said on Instagram she had to unfollow the official pages of Trump and Vance three times because the platform “kept automatically following” them.
“How curious! Had to block them in order to make sure I am nowhere near that. Sharing in case this …
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