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,

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.

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.

"Full dictatorship incoming," another person replied. The allegation spread quickly. A fellow Reddit user attempted to explain: “If you previously followed or liked Vice President Kamala Harris or President (Joe) Biden,

Handing over control of the official presidential and vice presidential social media accounts has become a standard part of the transition process.

Singer Gracie Abrams posted about the confusion too, writing on her Stories that she has had to "unfollow @VP [the Instagram account associated with the Vice President] and @POTUS three (3) separate times today because @meta kept automatically refollowing accounts.

Meta has denied claims that it is helping to increase support of the new administration on its platforms by “forcing” people to follow the president Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance. Users on Facebook and Instagram,

Following Donald Trump‘s inauguration as president, Facebook and Instagram users have reported an unusual occurrence. Many found themselves automatically following official pages associated with the new administration,