Mark Zuckerberg has come under fire for allegedly making users auto-follow the new White House occupants — now Meta has responded to the claims

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.

Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised to find themselves automatically following the accounts of President Donald Trump or Vice President JD Vance this week after the president was inaugura

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

People on Instagram and Facebook noticed they were following President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after the inauguration on Monday (January 20) - despite claiming they had not been following the pair before this,

Liberal Facebook and Instagram users freaked out when they realized that they were automatically following President Donald Trump’s and Vice President JD Vance’s accounts after the inauguration — wrongly claiming the platforms were forcing Americans to follow the profiles as “part of the propaganda machine.

Some Meta users have found themselves automatically following US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance’s accounts on social media after the President's inauguration this week, although not having previously followed them or liking their page.