The company also said it was working to resolve an issue where some words, including 'Democrats' and 'Republican,' were blocked from Instagram search.
Meta is denying claims circulating on social media that it forced Facebook and Instagram users to follow President Trump's official accounts, saying the changes some users noticed were standard practices tied to the transition of the POTUS account from the previous administration to the incoming one.
Additionally, some Instagram users reported being unable to see results for 'Democrat' and other political words when they searched them, but that they were able to see results for 'Republican.'Stone responded to the claims on Tuesday, saying a technical issue was 'affecting people's ability to search for a number of different hashtags on the platform — not just those on the left.
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