The inability of Meta's AI chatbot to identify the current president of the United States was elevated to urgent status by the Facebook owner this week, requiring a fast fix, a person familiar with the issue said.

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.

Meta said Facebook and Instagram users were not forced to follow Trump but that unfollowing the new White House accounts 'might take some time.'

Meta is offering creators up to $5,000 in bonuses to switch to Facebook and Instagram. The cash incentive depends on the size of their social media footprint and comes days after TikTok went dark in the U.

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 enticing TikTok creators with up to $5,000 as a way to "jumpstart" growth on Instagram and Facebook.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is denying that users were ever forced to follow the accounts of President Donald Trump and others in his administration following his inauguration.

Meta announced on Tuesday that users will soon be able to add their WhatsApp account to their Accounts Center, a hub where users can manage connected

President Trump criticized the EU's antitrust battles against American tech companies during a virtual appearance at the World Economic Forum.

Many social media users refuted a statement from Meta that official presidential accounts were not automatically followed for its Facebook and Instagram users.

As much as Mark Zuckerberg complained that the acclaimed 2010 film "The Social Network" was "hurtful" and manipulated facts about his life story and creation of Facebook, he had to admit that the Oscar-winning film helped turn him into a pop culture hero.