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Meta under fire for auto-following Trump & Vance, Blocking Democrat hashtags
Users are outraged as Meta automatically made them follow Trump and Vance on Facebook and blocked #Democrat hashtags on Instagram.
Another user reported that attempts to unfollow Trump and Vance didn’t stick, with the platform forcing them to re-follow. Several users tried searching for #Democrat or #DNC and found no results, with some screenshots showing a “sensitive topic” warning. Whether this leads to any real action from Meta remains to be seen, but for now, it’s clear the trust many users once had in these platforms is wearing thin.
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