Published 13:55 IST, December 23rd 2020

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey unfollows POTUS Trump & successor Joe Biden post US Elections

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has reportedly unfollowed President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. He has also unfollowed Kamala Harris and the President's daughter Ivanka

Reported by: Swagata Banerjee
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Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey has unfollowed President of United States Donald Trump's personal account just a few weeks ahe of inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Oddly, he has unfollowed Biden as well, along with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Ivanka Trump, according to Twitter account @BigTechAlert. 

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Is President Trump losing Followers? 

Trump, an active user of Twitter has lost 368,743 followers, whereas Biden, in same time frame has gained about 2.5 million followers since vember 17, bringing his follower count to 21.6 million,  according to Factba.se, a website that tracks Trump’s public statements, reports New York Post.  

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This comes after Twitter began warning users when y attempt to 'like' a disputed tweet as part of its efforts to tackle misinformation around US presidential election, result of which was contested by President Trump and Joe Biden.Twitter this year started ding warning labels to some of Trump's tweets, including misinforming tweets about vember 3 election. President has repeatedly accused Twitter of having a Left Wing bias in ir content moderation, though Trump is hardly a paragon for unbaised actions.

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During his presidency, Trump has been extremely active on Twitter, issuing quick statements from account, insulting opponents, and even anuncing policy decisions from platform. Once Biden takes office, Twitter has said Trump will lose certain protections provided to world leers by micro-blogging site, subjecting him to same rules as ordinary users.

In October, this year, President Donald Trump's Twitter account was allegedly hacked by a Dutch researcher named Victor Gevers who h shared screenshots of inside President's account. However, White House h denied reports of any hack. 

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Donald Trump is currently serving his last few weeks as President of United States before Joe Biden takes over Oval office next year after swearing-in as next elected president of country. 

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13:55 IST, December 23rd 2020