{"id":20611,"date":"2025-01-22T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20611"},"modified":"2025-01-22T20:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:28:52","slug":"why-you-might-suddenly-be-following-trump-on-instagram-and-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20611","title":{"rendered":"Why You Might Suddenly Be Following Trump on Instagram and Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, the day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, many Instagram and Facebook users found themselves following him on the social media apps even though they had not signed up to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">What gives?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@andymstone\/post\/DFECLO8xmV5\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> it was part of a regular process in which White House social media accounts are handed over when a new president takes office. It added that there were some other bugs in the process that may have mucked up the gears of the transition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Let\u2019s walk through what happened.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-29a17f42\">Why am I following Donald Trump, Melania Trump and JD Vance on Instagram and Facebook?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Just as the federal government has to deal with the transition of power between administrations, Meta has to deal with it, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For years, companies like Meta and X \u2014 previously known as Facebook and Twitter, respectively \u2014 have had to handle the social media accounts held by the office of the president as it changed hands after an election. That ramped up after Barack Obama took office in 2008 and fully embraced social media to garner support from voters digitally. By 2016, the companies needed to figure out how to hand those accounts off between administrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Meta and X decided that the official POTUS, VP and first lady accounts on Facebook, Instagram and X would be switched to the new administration while retaining the existing followers of those accounts. That meant that if you followed President Obama in 2016, you were automatically switched over to follow President Trump when he took office in his first administration in 2017. Mr. Obama\u2019s posts were archived under a different handle, while Mr. Trump\u2019s account reset with none of Mr. Obama\u2019s old posts attached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That transition occurred again in 2020, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. was elected and took over the official presidential account. On Monday, after Mr. Trump was sworn in, the switch occurred again. That\u2019s why you may be seeing his posts in your feed now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&amp;client_id=vi&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F01%2F22%2Ftechnology%2Fpersonaltech%2Ftrump-instagram-facebook.html&amp;asset=opttrunc\">log into<\/a>\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscription?campaignId=89WYR&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F01%2F22%2Ftechnology%2Fpersonaltech%2Ftrump-instagram-facebook.html\">subscribe<\/a>\u00a0for all of The Times.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1g71tqy\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Thank you for your patience while we verify access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Already a subscriber?\u00a0<a data-testid=\"log-in-link\" class=\"css-z5ryv4\" href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&amp;client_id=vi&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F01%2F22%2Ftechnology%2Fpersonaltech%2Ftrump-instagram-facebook.html&amp;asset=opttrunc\">Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Want all of The Times?\u00a0<a data-testid=\"subscribe-link\" class=\"css-z5ryv4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscription?campaignId=89WYR&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F01%2F22%2Ftechnology%2Fpersonaltech%2Ftrump-instagram-facebook.html\">Subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the day after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump, many Instagram and Facebook users found themselves following him on the social media apps even though they had not signed up to do so.What gives?Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said it was part of a regular process in which White House social media accounts are handed over when a new president takes office. It added that there were some other bugs in the process that may have mucked up the gears of the transition.Let\u2019s walk through what happened.Why am I following Donald Trump, Melania Trump and JD Vance on Instagram and Facebook?Just as the federal government has to deal with the transition of power between administrations, Meta has to deal with it, too.For years, companies like Meta and X \u2014 previously known as Facebook and Twitter, respectively \u2014 have had to handle the social media accounts held by the office of the president as it changed hands after an election. That ramped up after Barack Obama took office in 2008 and fully embraced social media to garner support from voters digitally. By 2016, the companies needed to figure out how to hand those accounts off between administrations.Meta and X decided that the official POTUS, VP and first lady accounts on Facebook, Instagram and X would be switched to the new administration while retaining the existing followers of those accounts. That meant that if you followed President Obama in 2016, you were automatically switched over to follow President Trump when he took office in his first administration in 2017. Mr. Obama\u2019s posts were archived under a different handle, while Mr. Trump\u2019s account reset with none of Mr. Obama\u2019s old posts attached.That transition occurred again in 2020, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. was elected and took over the official presidential account. On Monday, after Mr. Trump was sworn in, the switch occurred again. 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