Some Facebook users said their personal accounts began following President Donald Trump automatically following his inauguration on January 20, 2025, but this was not because Facebook compelled them to do so. Several users alleged that Facebook had them start following Trump and other official pages without consent, but Verify refuted this claim. The official POTUS and White House Facebook accounts are overseen by the White House and change with each new administration, as indicated by Andy Stone, a spokesperson for Meta, Facebook's parent company. Verify journalists who had not followed the official POTUS account before Trump assumed office were not automatically included after his inauguration.