White House social media accounts to be transferred to Biden’s team on January 20: Twitter

Twitter on January 14 anunced that it will transfer “@POTUS” account to Joe Biden as he is sworn in as 46th president of United States on January 20, 59th Presidential Inauguration. In a blogpost, microblogging tech giant informed that it will facilitate transfer of all institutional White House Twitter accounts such as @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, and @PressSec, adding that those accounts, however, will t have its followers automatically transferred from prior administration. Twitter Inc. said that company will give options to Trump’s account followers on  @POTUS and @WhiteHouse handles wher y want to continue following it when Biden takes office. 

Taking to his official Twitter handle @PresElectBiden account, Biden informed, “Folks — This will be account for my official duties as President. At 12:01 PM on January 20th, it will become @POTUS. Until n, I’ll be using @JoeBiden.” Furrmore, Twitter added that it will also create a new account @SecondGentleman which will be handed to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s Husband, Douglas Emhoff. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s personal existing account  @POTUS will become @POTUS45 just as Obama administration’s account was archived as @POTUS44.

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Archival process for institutional accounts 

In blog post, Twitter said, that followers on POTUS account will only receive tifications and will t be moved to new president’s account proactively. Furrmore, company informed, “Twitter will transfer current institutional accounts to  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) where Tweets and account history will remain publicly available and account usernames will be updated to reflect ir archived status.” Once archival process is complete, twitter Inc. will hand over accounts to Biden administration to assume ownership.

“People on Twitter will be able to watch transition of power take place in real-time as accounts for White House, President, Vice President, First Lady, and White House Press Secretary inherit ir new institutional username,” company said. US citizens will be able to watch inauguration ceremony and cover via live streams and multiple news outlets, including official inauguration, feeds on Twitter accounts @JCCIC and @BidenInaugural through Twitter’s US Elections Hub.

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