Twitter to Hand @POTUS Account to Joe Biden on Inauguration Day
Twitter will hand keep an eye on of the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he’s sworn in on inauguration day, despite the fact that US President Donald Trump has now not conceded his election loss, US media reported Friday.
The social media large is “actively getting ready to beef up the transition of White Space institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,” Twitter spokesperson Nick Pacilio advised Politico in an e-mail.
The method is being finished in session with the Nationwide Archives, because it was once in 2017, he mentioned.
The handover will see all present tweets on @POTUS, in addition to @FLOTUS, @VP and different authentic accounts, archived.
The accounts will then be reset to 0 tweets and transferred to the incoming Biden White Space that day.
Trump, who nonetheless has now not conceded his November three loss, used Twitter to assist construct his political emblem and, later, wield the facility of the presidency — despite the fact that he principally makes use of his private account, @realDonaldTrump, whose 88 million fans dwarf @POTUS’s 32 million.
The @POTUS account is in large part used to retweet Trump’s private account in addition to the White Space and different accounts.
Trump’s widespread dependancy of all of a sudden saying new insurance policies at the platform has resulted in long-standing lawsuits of governing by way of tweet.
Twitter has lengthy come below power to curb the president’s use of the web site to unfold incorrect information and conspiracy theories.
Because the election the corporate has slapped caution labels on many Trump tweets as he continues to insist, regardless of proof on the contrary, that he received the vote, and that Biden’s victory is down to giant fraud.
Biden, for his phase, is a much more sedate Twitter person. He has despatched lower than 7,000 tweets to his 19 million fans, in comparison to Trump’s 58,000.
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