Instagram users claim their accounts have automatically followed Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Melania Trump after the inauguration - here's what's going on
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Instagram and Facebook users claim their accounts have automatically followed Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Melania Trump after the inauguration. Across social media, users have complained that Meta is 'forcing' them to follow the new US President. On X (formerly Twitter), one furious commenter wrote: 'Really Meta y'all forcing people to follow Trump and JD Vance in Instagram??'.
![[On X, many users complained that Instagram was 'making everyone' follow Donald Trump's new account]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94380675-14312209-On_X_many_users_complained_that_Instagram_was_making_everyone_fo-a-36_1737541130337.jpg)
Fears of interference grew after users reported that Instagram appeared to be blocking searches for '#Democrat' while '#Republican' returned millions of results. Searching for 'Democrat' or for Democratic political figures like Bernie Sanders brought up a message stating: 'We've hidden these results.
![[One commenter said that Meta was 'forcing' people to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance after the President's inauguration this Monday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94380673-14312209-One_commenter_said_that_Meta_was_forcing_people_t_follow_Trump_a-a-39_1737541248021.jpg)
'Results for the term you've searched may contain sensitive content.'. However, Meta has hit back against claims of bias and maintains that these changes are all part of standard procedure. Here's what's really going on. Instagram and Facebook users claim their accounts have automatically followed Donald Trump (pictured), JD Vance, and Melania Trump after the inauguration.
![[Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen said that he was seeing 'all kinds of right wing stuff' on Facebook after being made to follow Trump]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94380661-14312209-Democratic_Congressman_Eric_Sorensen_said_that_he_was_seeing_all-a-40_1737541264199.jpg)
On X, many users complained that Instagram was 'making everyone' follow Donald Trump's new account. One commenter said that Meta was 'forcing' people to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance after the President's inauguration this Monday. Concerns over political interference began after Trump's return to the Oval Office on Monday.
![[However, Meta communications director Andy Stone says that these accounts are the official President, Vice President, and First Lady accounts which are controlled by the White House and handed over to the the new incumbent after an election]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94380663-14312209-However_Meta_communications_director_Andy_Stone_says_that_these_-a-63_1737543236377.jpg)
