Meta shocked the tech world this week by moving to overhaul its approach to fact checking. Here's what the changes mean for social media users.

Some Meta users said that they believed they were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance’s pages, and that Instagram was blocking searches for the #democrat hashtag.

Some Meta social media users said on Wednesday that their accounts re-followed the profiles of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump after they had unfollowed those accounts once Trump took office for his second term.

The Patriots initially had an account on the competitor of “X” (formerly Twitter), but were asked to remove it by the league office, per VP of content for Kraft Sports & Entertainment/New England Patriots Fred Kirsch.

Official accounts designating leaders or important members of an administration are separate from Trump or Vance’s personal social media accounts. But some users claimed they were unable to unfollow Trump, and blamed Instagram. Meta, which owns Instagram, has said this is normal procedure.

"Facebook is preparing to run a very interesting social experiment here," says a University of Virginia expert.

Meta is denying claims that Facebook and Instagram users are being made to follow the president without consent.

After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has once again been called out for enjoying an eyeful of Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez — barely 24 hours after he was caught on camera apparently gawking at her prominent cleavage during President Trump’s inauguration.

"Social media has given up on fact-checking,” the president said at his farewell address. “The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit."

The European Union (EU) has updated its code of conduct on online hate speech, requiring social media platforms like Meta’s Facebook, Elon Musk’s X, and Google’s YouTube to step up efforts to tackle harmful content.