Meta, which has social media network Facebook and Instagram, has denied that forced users to pay attention to the official accounts belonging to the new Trump administration.
After Donald Trump’s inaugural ceremony on Monday, some users of these platforms complained that they were “automatic” forced to pay attention to the new president and Vice President Wans and the first lady Melania Trump.
The Meta spokesman Andy Stone explained that these accounts are managed by the White House and the White House has updated these accounts to reflect new position holders.
He wrote in a statement: “This is the same as the procedure we followed during the transition from the last president.”
The names of these accounts are “POTUS” (representing “US President”), “VicePresident” (Vice President) and “Flotus” (the abbreviation of the first lady).
The archive version of these pages shows that the names and official portraits of the Potus and Flotus accounts have previously included Joe Bayeng and Gil Biden.
Stone added, “As these accounts are easy, it may take some time to complete and cancel the request of attention.”
Trump served as the President of the United States for the second time on Monday, and quickly started issuing a series of administrative orders and instructions to maintain his political agenda -including Exit the World Health Organization and announce that the Mexican border has entered the state of emergency stateEssence
There are those who attended his inaugural ceremony Some of the most influential technology billionairesIncluding Marka Boss Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Elon Musk, the latter also served as a consultant role in the new government.
Trump had previously criticized Meta that the company banned him in 2021, saying that he “praised the people participating in violence” during the riots of the US Congress on January 6.
The president and his allies also accused the company of cooperation with the Bayeon government to suppress reports on the charges of Biden’s son Hunter, as well as some of the popularity of the new crowns. Mr. Zuckerberg It means he regrets this decisionEssence
In August, Trump wrote in the book that if Zuckerberg tries to interfere with the 2024 presidential election, he will “spend the rest of his life in prison”.
However, since Trump won the election in early November, Zuckerberg seems to have been asking him. Dinner with Trump’s official residence in Haihu Manor At the end of the month Donate a $ 1 million (£ 786,000) for his inauguration ceremony (£ 786,000) A few weeks later.
Meta also stated earlier this month that it will end third -party facts verification and adopt a method similar to the X community notes, obviously to respond to some of Trump’s previous criticism.
The company said this marks its return of “the basic commitment to freedom of speech”.
