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Facebook Says It’s Not Forcing You to Follow Trump

Some Facebook users were shocked to see Trump in their feeds yesterday, but that’s likely because they were already following official administration accounts.

When reached for comment, Facebook Communications Director Andy Stone directed me to his posts on Threads which points out how government social media accounts work and change with the current administration. Fear and confusion about social media companies leaning further to the right as soon as Trump took office reached beyond Facebook yesterday, and are understandable given that some “errors” are impacting Democrats but not Republicans. There are many reasons Meta would pander to the most powerful politician in the world, especially since Zuckerberg has explicitly said he hopes Trump will protect his company from European regulators.

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