Some Facebook and Instagram users discovered they were following President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance ’s accounts after their inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20. This is likely because they were following White House accounts before Trump and Vance took their oaths of office.

J.D. Vance’s kids had some adorable moments while attending Donald Trump’s Presidential inauguration. The newly sworn in Vice President was joined by wife Usha, son Ewan, 7, son Vivek, 4, and daughter Mirabel,

If you were surprised to see yourself suddenly following President Donald Trump on Instagram and Facebook this week, it’s not because Meta forced you to, the social media company says.

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

Meta, the company which owns social media networks Facebook and Instagram, has denied forcing users to follow official accounts belonging to senior figures in the new Trump administration. Some users of the platforms had complained following Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday that they had "automatically" been made to follow the new president,

Some Meta social media users said on Wednesday that their accounts re-followed the profiles of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and first lady Melania Trump after they had unfollowed those accounts once Trump took office for his second term.

Following the 2025 inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Facebook parent company Meta forced users to follow him and Vice President JD Vance. Rating: False (About this rating?) Context: Users surprised to notice Trump and Vance in their feeds already were following the official presidential and vice-presidential Facebook accounts,