It marks only the second such transition between US presidential administrations for Twitter, which launched in 2006. Twitter also created a new account, for Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff. In addition to the account, which was created during the Obama administration, Twitter transferred and to the new administration. Trump is losing his powerful social media machine. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Alex Wong/Getty Images Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) ahead of tomorrow's run-off elections in Georgia.

Senate at Dalton Regional Airport Januin Dalton, Georgia. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for the Republican candidates for U.S. His account was permanently suspended earlier this month following the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. Trump used his personal Twitter account, to make major policy announcements, fire staffers, attack critics and spread misinformation. “The centrality of Twitter to Trump’s brand and identity has made the moment a lot more significant.” “It certainly has a big symbolic value,” said David Lazer, a political science and computer sciences professor at Northeastern University. The transfer of these official accounts, which include not just those representing Biden and the White House but nearly every arm of government, has emerged as an important aspect of the broader transition of power, especially after Twitter became the favored online platform of former President Donald Trump. With the tap of a button, the Biden administration inherited a digital megaphone with the potential to make news and shape the public image of the US government. On Wednesday, Biden and his team gained access to a long list of official government accounts across the major social media platforms, including the account on Twitter. 'If an account suddenly is not a world leader anymore, that particular policy goes away,' said Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, at a Senate hearing this week.As Joe Biden was sworn in as the president of the United States, another transition of power took place on social media. Trump will still have his personal account to harp on, which has a concerningly high following (90ish million to 30ish million.) But that account will lose all exemptions from content and conduct policies in place for political figures, allowing the company to flag and remove any tweets violating those guidelines. All tweets from those accounts will be archived under new handles on Twitter etc.) They went on to note the National Archives and Records Administration's was consulting the process.

'Twitter is actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,' a rep for the company. The social media company is transferring five accounts associated with the presidency to Biden's incoming administration regardless of whether Trump ever concedes.ĭonald Trump will soon have four fewer Twitter accounts to flood with petulance and misinformation.Īccording to a Politicoreport, the social media company has confirmed and all government accounts associated with the presidency will be automatically transferred to Joe Biden and his administration when the president-elect is inaugurated into office at noon on January 21st, 2021 (regardless of whether Trump has conceded the election by then.) In addition to Biden's team will secure control of and on Inauguration Day.

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