In the days since Donald Trump assumed office, many people online have begun expressing alarm to find they were unwittingly following Trump on Instagram and Facebook.

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.

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.

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

Meta admits some people can’t unfollow Donald Trump on Instagram - Users including Gracie Abrams have said they never asked to follow presidential account – and are unable to stop

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.

Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president on Monday, some Instagram and Facebook users started noticing that their accounts were suddenly following Pages associated with the new president, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President JD Vance.