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American Facebook and Instagram users
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woke up on Monday to their personal
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accounts automatically following the new
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president Donald Trump here's everything
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you need to know in under 60 seconds
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celebrities reported their surprise
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announcing that Facebook had made them
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autofollow the new president this led to
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dictatorship allegations for Trump's new
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followers this also brought both
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accounts to 11 million followers on
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Tuesday yet Andy Stone the spokesman for
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parent company matter clarified that
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this is how presidential transitions
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work on Facebook he said that the
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official accounts for the president the
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vice president and the first lady are
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managed by the White House so when a new
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president comes into office the
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followers are shifted instantly to the
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new administration's various accounts
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while this migration process seems
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standard it could be surprising if you
