World News | Auto-followed Trump on Facebook? It's Probably Because You Previously Liked POTUS Account
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of US 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 US government accounts.
San Francisco, Jan 22 (AP) Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of US 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 US government accounts.
Meta spokesman Andy Stone said in a Threads post that the official POTUS and White House accounts are managed by the White House and "change when the occupant of the White House changes".
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The same goes for accounts for the US vice president and first lady.
After the new president is sworn in, Facebook and Instagram accounts of the previous administration are archived and the posts, as well as followers, are preserved. These followers are then transferred to the new official accounts.
As of Tuesday morning, Joe Biden's archived POTUS account had 11 million followers on Facebook, as did Trump's official POTUS account.
To unfollow an account one doesn't want to follow, one can click the ellipsis on the profile page and click "unfollow" or "block". (AP)
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