Here’s why youre suddenly following President Trump on Instagram [Video]

Instagram users are complaining this week that they’re being forced by Meta to follow President Donald Trump’s social media accounts without their consent.

In a Threads post on Wednesday, a Meta representative said users are seeing posts from @POTUS, @VP and @FLOTUS because those accounts are handed off when a presidential transition occurs in the U.S.

“People were not made to automatically follow any of the official Facebook or Instagram accounts for the President, Vice President or First Lady,” wrote Andy Stone, a spokesperson for Meta. “Those accounts are managed by the White House so with a new administration, the content on those Pages changes.”

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

Trump’s inauguration on Monday marked the third handoff from one administration to the next. The Obama …