Facebook will give presidential accounts to Biden even if Trump refuses to concede

November 23, 2020 20:46

Facebook has followed Twitter in confirming that the presidential accounts on their respective platforms will be transferred from US President Donald Trump to president-elect Joe Biden on January 20.

"In 2017, we worked with both the Obama Administration and incoming Trump Administration to make sure the transition of their Facebook and Instagram accounts was seamless on January 20th, and we expect to do the same here," Facebook said.

The official presidential accounts include @POTUS, as well as @whitehouse, @VP, @FLOTUS, and a number of other official accounts are taxpayer funded. This is in contrast to the presidents personal account, @DonaldTrump, and his corresponding personal Twitter account @realDonaldTrump.

During the election, posts from the US presidents personal pages were the most popular posts on Facebook despite the social media company adding warning labels to the posts.

Facebook will also fact-check Trumps posts when he leaves office; the social media company has staunchly said that it does not check political accounts for accuracy despite their potential to spread misinformation.

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