Some Facebook and Instagram users discovered they were following President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance ’s accounts after their inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20. This is likely because they were following White House accounts before Trump and Vance took their oaths of office.

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.

Meta is pushing back on claims from social media users who say they've been forced to follow Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and Vice-President J.

A Meta spokesperson is speaking out after some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves following President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.

Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves following Donald Trump and J.D. Vance's official accounts after the inauguration.

Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance this week after the president was inaugurated.

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.

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Following the inauguration, many people went on social media to find that they were following the new president.

Social media users, including celebrities such as singers Demi Lovato and Gracie Abrams, are posting complaints that Meta won’t let them unfollow President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump on Instagram.

Instagram users claimed they were being signed up to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance's accounts automatically.

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