Meta denies it pushes users to follow accounts linked to Trump team

Vance (left), Trump (right), and Vance's son Vivek at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, on Jan 20, 2025. Some users claimed that they were being forced to follow the duo’s social media accounts, and had been unable to unfollow them when trying to do so. — AP

LONDON: Meta has denied claims from some users that it is pushing them to follow social media accounts linked to US President Donald Trump and his administration.

It comes after some users expressed surprise when they saw they were following the accounts of Trump and his vice president JD Vance following their inauguration on Monday.