Meta denies that Instagram and Facebook users were forced to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance after the inauguration.

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.

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.

Meta is pushing back on claims from social media users who say they've been forced to follow Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and Vice-President J.

Meta has denied claims from some users that it is pushing them to follow social media accounts linked to US President Donald Trump and his administration. It comes after some users expressed surprise when they saw they were following the accounts of Trump and his Vice President JD Vance following their inauguration on Monday.

Meta is pushing back on claims that Facebook and Instagram users are being forced into following accounts for President Trump and Vice President Vance.

Meta on Wednesday pushed back against claims its platforms were automatically forcing users to follow the Instagram accounts of President Trump and Vice President Vance following Inauguration Day. Shortly after Trump and Vance were sworn in to office,

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,