Many Instagram and Facebook users say they are confused about why they are seeing posts from the president and vice president in their feeds. Here’s what to know.

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.

For many of America’s 170 million TikTok users, US President Donald Trump’s move to delay a legal ban of the popular social media platform was cause for celebration. But in China, where TikTok’s parent company is based, the reception has been less positive.

Many users of both social media sites were surprised to see President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance show up in their feeds since the two were sworn in this week.

On the bright side, Emanuel’s final journey seems to be everything he wanted. His delight in the shinkansen’s smoothness, speed, punctuality and efficiency is genuine — as is his despair that the US is not criss-crossed with high-speed rail lines.

Instagram users claimed they were being signed up to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance's accounts automatically.

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

The Meta CEO met with Trump after his win in the 2024 presidential election, according to multiple reports including CBS and the New York Times. And more recently, he named Trump ally and UFC boss Dana White to Meta's board of directors and elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to lead its global affairs operation.

If your Facebook account appears to have automatically followed President Donald Trump this week, you aren't the only one. Even so, Meta claims this isn't as sinister as it appears, and is in fact the result of routine operations.

Many Facebook and Instagram users realized they were following President Donald Trump and VP J.D. Vance's accounts following the inauguration.