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

The lefty account holders were left dumbfounded when posts from the country’s newly sworn-in leaders appeared on their feeds despite never hitting follow for either Trump or Vance.

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.

A couple of days after Trump's second inauguration, which saw him become the first convicted felon sworn in as President of the United States, some Instagram users are claiming their accounts have automatically followed Trump and his Vice President, JD Vance.

Karoline Leavitt, 27, the youngest White House Press Secretary, is redefining political style with her chic wardrobe.

President Trump’s 43-year-old daughter matched her and Kushner’s eldest child, Arabella, in a red coat and black boots in the social media upload.

Ivanka Trump shares new family photos taken at White House. The 43-year-old captioned the carousel of photos shared on Instagram with three red heart emojis. The first slide shows

Instagram users may have trouble searching for some hashtags, according Andy Stone, the head of communications for Meta, the parent company of the social media app. Stone responded on X to a Mashable article which is titled “Is Instagram blocking the #Democrat hashtag?

Mark Zuckerberg has come under fire for allegedly making users auto-follow the new White House occupants — now Meta has responded to the claims

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

Meta is pushing back after Facebook and Instagram users claimed to have received notifications that their accounts had automatically followed the official pages of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance without their consent.