Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president on Monday, some Instagram and Facebook users started noticing that their accounts were suddenly following Pages associated with the new president, first lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

In the days since Donald Trump assumed office, many people online have begun expressing alarm to find they were unwittingly following Trump on Instagram and Facebook.

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After President Donald Trump’s swearing in Monday, numerous Facebook and Instagram users discovered — to their horror and dismay — that they were somehow following not only Trump but also Vice President JD Vance,

The company also said it was working to resolve an issue where some words, including "Democrats" and "Republican," were blocked from Instagram search.

On Jan. 19, First Lady Melania Trump launched the Official Melania meme coin on the Solana ( SOL -13.16%) blockchain with the ticker $MELANIA. She followed in the footsteps of President Donald Trump's Official Trump meme coin, also launched on Solana a couple of days before, with the ticker $TRUMP.

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.

It said follow and unfollow requests may take time as the accounts switch hands to the new Trump administration.

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.

Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president on Monday, some Instagram and Facebook users started noticing that their accounts were suddenly following Pages associated with the new president, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance.