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.

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

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.

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.

Some Facebook and Instagram users are now following President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance's pages, despite not following them before the inauguration. Here's why.

Among those is popstar Gracie Abrams, who took to Instagram to reassure her followers. “I had t unfollow @vp and @potus three separate times today because [Meta] kept automatically refollowing the accounts,” she said on Instagram stories. “How curious! Had to block them in order to make sure I am nowhere near that.”

Meta has moved swiftly to debunk claims that people were forced to follow MAGA figures like President Donald Trump and his right hand man JD Vance on Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram. Social media users voiced concern on Meta sites and Elon Musk’s X after it appeared they had mysteriously followed the President,

Meta is countering claims that it boosted President Donald Trump and his administration on Facebook and Instagram as it came into office Monday.