[The Epoch Times December 26, 2020](Reported by The Epoch Times reporter Zhang Bei)TwitterThe company (Twitter) said in a statement that they will notTrump(Trump) fans of the official government account are automatically transferred toBidenThe government, Biden’s government account will “start from scratch.”
TwitterA statement was issued on Tuesday (December 22) local time that the official White House accounts including @POTUS (US President) and @WhiteHouse (White House) will not retain existing fans.
“Instead, Twitter will notify the followers of these accounts that the content (previously posted by the account) will be archived and allow them to choose whether to followBidenNew government account. “The statement said, “For example, people who follow @WhiteHouse will be notified that the account has been archived as @WhiteHouse45 and let them choose whether to follow the new @WhiteHouse account.”
On the same day, Rob Flaherty, the digital director of the Biden campaign, said on Twitter, “In 2016,TrumpThe government absorbed all the Twitter followers of President Obama on the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts-driven by the 44th (Omaba) team. “
“In 2020, Twitter informed us that the Biden administration (fans of the account) now has to start from scratch.”
He added in another subsequent tweet that the team had communicated with Twitter via email and opposed this approach, but was told that the decision was “very clear.”
According to Twitter, this transfer will also affect other related accounts, including the vice president account @VP, the first lady account @ FLOTUS, the White House spokesperson account @PressSec, the cabinet account @Cabinet, and the White House Spanish account @LaCaSaBlanc.
As of Saturday morning EST, @POTUS has 33.2 million fans and @WhiteHouse has 26 million fans.
Regarding Twitter’s decision, Rebecca Lodge, a marketing expert at British company StartUp Disruptors, said, “Because there are tens of millions of people following this account and Trump’s fans are very enthusiastic, this may be Twitter. This is a “smart” move to ensure that any potentially negative and hateful tweets are neutralized before the newly elected president takes office.”
Trump’s personal account @realDonaldTrump currently has 88.5 million followers, and he has also kept using this account as a channel to speak directly to the public.
Although a large number of Trump’s recent tweets have been tagged, Twitter spokesperson Nick Pacilio said that compared with ordinary citizens, Trump has been protected as president; when Trump became For ordinary citizens, this privilege will be revoked. In other words, if Twitter believes that Trump’s tweets violated its company’s regulations, the tweets will be taken down or the account will be blocked.
According to the Wall Street Journal, a person familiar with the matter disclosed that Twitter has not yet decided how to deal with Trump’s so-called “policy violations” in the future, but they plan to “check his account one by one.”
President Trump has repeatedly criticized Twitter, Facebook and other technology giants for censoring speech, and called on Congress to consider repealing Article 230 of the Communications Decency Act passed in 1996, which censored or politicize these companies. Acts are protected by law.
On Christmas Eve (24th), Trump once again tweeted, “Twitter tagging tweets frantically, trying to suppress the truth. It shows how dangerous they are and deliberately stifles freedom of speech. It is very dangerous for our country. “
“Does Congress know that this is the beginning of communism?” Trump warned, “Abolishing culture is even worse. Repeal Article 230!”
Trump also said to some members of Congress that the current US law grants privileges to technology companies and restricts American politicians, while at the same time giving the CCP and Iran a green light to anti-propaganda against the United States.
On Wednesday (23rd), Trump formally rejected the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021 because the bill failed to repeal Section 230 and also allowed the renaming of 10 military units named after Confederate leaders. facility.
On the other hand, the Trump campaign’s legal challenge to the election results continues.
Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said on Wednesday that after Christmas, the challenge to the presidential election result “will really break out.”
“Because TV stations, newspapers, big technology companies, and Democratic leaders have been distorting and giving you false evidence, you (after seeing Trump’s evidence) will discover all this immediately.” He said, “This will allow This country is very shocked.”
Editor in charge: Li Huanyu
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