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.

Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised this week to find that they were suddenly following the accounts of US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on Instagram and Facebook.

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.

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

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

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?

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

Curious why you automatically follow JD Vance on Instagram? Social media users have been scrambling for answers after noticing their accounts now follow the Vice President and President Trump without prior action.

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.