The official @Potus Instagram account appears to have seen a significant drop in followers since President Trump took office last week.
Returning president was suspended from popular social media platform in wake of the January 6th Capitol riots.
Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance this week after the president was inaugurated.
Meta has settled a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump after the social media giant suspended him from their Facebook and Instagram platforms following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. As part of the agreement,
Some Facebook and Instagram users are now following President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance's pages, despite not following them before the inauguration. Here's why.
Meta confirmed that it will be making a donation of $22 million to Trump's presidential library and will also pay $3 million in legal fees. "I write to inform the Court that the parties have reached an agreement to settle the named plaintiffs' individual claims and resolve this matter," the letter read.
In the days since Donald Trump assumed office, many people online have begun expressing alarm to find they were unwittingly following Trump on Instagram and Facebook.
Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit stemming from the social network’s decision to suspend Trump's Facebook account following the riots at the US Capitol on January 6,
Mark Zuckerberg said it was too risky to let Trump on his platform. But he's now cutting a check to stay in Trump's good graces and settle a lawsuit over his ban, the WSJ reports.
"Facebook’s own Oversight Board concluded that the...indefinite deplatforming of President Trump lacked any basis in its existing, consistently applied community standards."
Meta will pay $25 million to settle Donald Trump's 2021 lawsuit against the tech company, which came after the president's social media accounts were suspended following the events of Jan. 6, 2021.