Here’s why you’re suddenly following President Trump on Instagram

Instagram users are complaining this week that they’re being pressured Goal to follow President Donald Trump’s social media accounts without his consent.

In a Threads post on Wednesday, a Meta representative said that users are seeing posts from @POTUS, @VP and @FLOTUS because those accounts are released when there is a presidential transition in the US.

“People were not forced to automatically follow any of the official Facebook or Instagram accounts of the president, vice president or first lady.” he wrote Andy Stone, Meta spokesperson. “These accounts are managed by the White House, so with a new administration, the content of these pages changes.”

Users who previously followed the accounts continue to follow them, as well as archive accounts from the former administration, when the transition of power occurs, Meta confirmed in an email. This includes the @WhiteHouse account.

Trump’s inauguration on Monday marked the third transition from one administration to the next. The Obama administration, which created many of the accounts in use today, addressed the matter a blog entry before the 2016 election, which Trump also won.

“On Instagram and Facebook, the incoming White House will gain access to the White House username, URL, and retain followers, but will begin with no Timeline content,” the Obama administration wrote. “An archive of White House content that was posted on Obama White House Instagram and Facebook will continue to be accessible to the public at Instagram.com/ObamaWhiteHouse and Facebook.com/ObamaWhiteHouse.”

The Obama administration added that all posts and materials created by the accounts would be preserved with the National Archives and Records Administration and that new accounts would also be created to preserve the content.

Posts from accounts previously used by former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and former First Lady Jill Biden have been moved to @potus46archive, @vp46archive, and @fotus46archive, respectively.

Political chatter has increased on Meta platforms following a series of moves made by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that appeared to be aimed at appeasing President Trump.

Zuckerberg gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration i attended to event in Washington DC, even co-hosting a celebratory reception.

Zuckerberg announced several policy changes for Meta this month, including the elimination of third-party fact-checking and the end of the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion program. The company also named Joel Kaplan, a former Republican White House staffer, as its new policy chief, and Zuckerberg, in an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, touted the benefits of masculinity.

“I think having a culture that celebrates aggression a little bit more has its own merits,” Zuckerberg said on the podcast.

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