Meta responds to claims that it's boosting Trump on Facebook, Instagram
Meta is countering claims that it boosted President Donald Trump and his administration on Facebook and Instagram as it came into office Monday.
Meta is countering claims that it boosted President Donald Trump and his administration on its platforms as he returned to the Oval Office on Monday.
On Facebook and Instagram, many users expressed alarm that they received notifications that their accounts had followed the pages of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after their administration took over from former President Joe Biden. But a Meta spokesperson said the changes were part of standard procedure during administrative turnover.
Others noted on Instagram that results for the #democrat hashtag weren’t populating Monday and early Tuesday, instead showing a message stating “We’ve hidden these results,” adding that “Results for the term you searched for may contain sensitive content.”
The complaints came after CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Meta have outwardly shifted their policies and political alignments to the right, leading some users to question if the changes they were observing had something to do with Meta’s political changes.
However, Meta Communications Director Andy Stone took to social media to suggest that what users were observing was a combination of Meta’s usual practice during presidential transitions and an unfortunate error.
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