Biden won’t inherit Trump’s Twitter followers when he takes office; understand the change



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The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, a white man with white hair and a serious face

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Joe Biden will have new official Twitter accounts, no Trump supporters

Twitter confirmed that the official accounts of the US Presidency will lose their millions of followers before being transferred to the government of Joe Biden, elected this year as the country’s new president.

Biden’s team had questioned the social network’s plan, but the company said its decision was “indisputable.”

The determination is a departure from the country’s last presidential transition in 2016, when Twitter accepted Donald Trump’s request to “inherit” supporters of Barack Obama.

“In 2016, the Trump administration absorbed all of President Obama’s Twitter followers, @POTUS (acronym for President of the United States in English) and @WhiteHouse (White House),” said Rob Flaherty, director of social media, in Twitter from Biden’s team on Monday.

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