Twitter will change @POTUS account to President-elect Joe Biden when he is sworn in as, said the company in Politico. The social network will transfer the bill to Biden, even if current President Donald Trump does not concede his seat, despite Biden taking the electoral mandate.
"The Twitter is actively preparing to support the January 20 transition of the White House's institutional accounts to 2021“, δήλωσε εκπρόσωπος του Twitter στο The Verge. “Όπως κάναμε και για την προεδρική μετάβαση το 2017, αυτή η διαδικασία γίνεται σε στενή διαβούλευση με την Εθνική Αρχή Διαχείρισης Αρχείων” (National Archives and Records Administration).
Other presidential accounts, including @whitehouse, @VP and @FLOTUS, will also change, according to Politico. Existing content from all accounts will be archived before transport (here is @POTUS's archive for Barack Obama) and the new accounts will not display any tweets.
Donald Trump will continue to control his personal account, @realDonaldTrump, when Biden takes over, but the account will lose the special protections he currently has. This means that the account will be subject to the same regulations as the majority of users on the platform.
On Saturday, Facebook told Reuters that it would also change the official POTUS account on its platform for the incoming President.
“In 2017, we worked with both government Obama as well as the incoming Trump administration to make sure the transition of their Facebook and Instagram accounts would be seamless on January 20th. We expect to do the same,” said The company.
