Twitter will hand control of the presidential @POTUS account to Joe Biden when he is sworn in on inauguration day, even if President Donald Trump has not conceded his election loss, US media reported Friday. The social media giant is “actively preparing to support the transition of White House institutional Twitter accounts on January 20th, 2021,” Twitter spokesperson Nick Pacilio told Politico in an email. The accounts will then be reset to zero tweets and transferred to the incoming Biden White House that day. The @POTUS account is largely used to retweet Mr Trump's personal account as well as the White House and other accounts. Mr Trump's frequent habit of abruptly announcing new policies on the platform has led to long-standing complaints of governing by tweet.

Source: The Hindu November 21, 2020 06:08 UTC