Following the transition of power to President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, some users expressed confusion over automatically following their official social media accounts. Meta, Instagram's parent company, clarified that this transition follows a standard procedure, allowing users to retain their follower counts while wiping the previous administration's content. Users have reported difficulty in unfollowing the new accounts. Historical practice preserves archived posts with the National Archives, as confirmed by Andy Stone from Meta regarding the continuity of such transitions.
Meta's spokesperson clarified that users were not automatically made to follow the new official accounts for the President and Vice President despite some confusion.
The official social media accounts for the President, Vice President, and other administration members transition to the new administration, but followers are retained with new content.
Andy Stone from Meta explained, 'This is the same procedure we followed during the last presidential transition,' indicating predictability in the process.
While users expressed dissatisfaction, the transition of official accounts is part of a longstanding practice to ensure continuity in leadership's social media.
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