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.

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.

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Following the inauguration, many people went on social media to find that they were following the new president.

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It may take some time for follow and unfollow requests to go through as these accounts change hands.” Essentially, if you were already following the @POTUS or @VicePresident handles, you’re still following them,

Instagram users have led a campaign to unfollow the new president and vice president en masse after backlash against the app’s parent company. Users noticed the day after the inauguration, that many were unknowingly following Trump and Vance’s official accounts.