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Nov 22, 2020 8:11am PT
Facebook, Instagram Will Switch White House Accounts From Trump to Biden on Jan. 20

By Todd Spangler

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President Trump still refuses to publicly acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election, but in any event he and his administration will lose access to the White House accounts on Facebook and Instagram in less than two months.

Facebook confirmed that as of Jan. 20, 2021, when president-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th U.S. president, the official White House accounts on both Facebook — including @WhiteHouse, @Potus and @flotus — and those on Instagram will be transferred to the Biden administration.

Twitter also previously said that on Inauguration Day, @Potus and other handles will be moved over to the Biden team.

“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,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters.

By Todd spangly (variety news)