CYBERSPACE – FOX 17 – So while the country has been focusing on the transition from the Obama presidency to the Trump presidency and looking back at the last eight years, another team has been working on another transition.
The digital and social media transition. There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution on how this should happen.
President Obama’s administration was the administration where social media took over so many aspects of our lives. The White House jumped on the wave, creating several official White House and government social media accounts.
But now that President Obama’s time in the White House is over and President Trump is moving in, what happens to the social media accounts?
The White House team has put together a very extensive transition plan to make sure that Trump has the access to the official accounts, and that people who want to continue to follow President Obama are able to. For the full plan, click here, but here are some highlights:
The following accounts stay with the White House and President Trump and his staff:
- Twitter (handle and followers, with no tweets on the timeline): @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec, @LaCasaBlanca, @WHLive, @VPLive, @Cabinet
- Facebook (username and followers, with no posts on the timeline):Facebook.com/WhiteHouse, Facebook.com/whitehouse.espanol
- Instagram (handle and follower, with no posts on the timeline): Instagram.com/WhiteHouse
- Snapchat (username and followers): WhiteHouse
- YouTube (username and subscribers, with no videos): YouTube.com/WhiteHouse
- Medium (username and followers, with no posts): Medium.com/@WhiteHouse
- Tumblr (username and followers, with no posts): Tumblr.com/WhiteHouse
- Flickr (username and subscribers, with no photos): Flickr.com/WhiteHouse
WhiteHouse.gov becomes ObamaWhiteHouse.gov and will be maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. To find something from the Obama administration, you can go to WhiteHouse.gov, change the URL to ObamaWhiteHouse.gov and then search for the document.
- President Obama:
- @POTUS on Twitter will be archived at @POTUS44
- Facebook.com/POTUS will be archived at Facebook.com/POTUS44
- Medium.com/@PresidentObama will be archived at Medium.com/@POTUS44
- Vice President Biden:
- @VP on Twitter will be archived at @VP44
- Facebook.com/VicePresidentBiden will be archived at Facebook.com/VicePresidentBiden44
- Instagram.com/VP will be archived at Instagram.com/VP44
- Medium.com/@VPOTUS44 will be archived at Medium.com/@VPOTUS44
- First Lady Michelle Obama:
- @FLOTUS on Twitter will be archived at @FLOTUS44
- @MichelleObama on Instagram will be archived at @MichelleObama44
- Medium.com/@FLOTUS will be archived at @FLOTUS44
- Dr. Jill Biden:
- @DrBiden on Twitter will be archived at @DrBiden44
- @DrBiden on Instagram will be archived at @DrBiden44
- Medium.com/@DrBiden will be archived at Medium.com/@DrBiden44
President Obama
After January 20, 2017, President Obama will use the following accounts:
- @BarackObama on Twitter
- Facebook.com/BarackObama
- Instagram.com/BarackObama
- For updates on the Obama Presidential Center, you can follow @ObamaFoundation on Twitter
First Lady Michelle Obama
You can follow First Lady Michelle Obama after January 20, 2017 at the following accounts:
- @MichelleObama on Twitter
- Instagram.com/MichelleObama
- Snapchat: MichelleObama
- Facebook.com/MichelleObama
Vice President Biden
You can follow Vice President Biden after January 20, 2017 at the following accounts:
Dr. Jill Biden
You can follow Dr. Jill Biden after January 20, 2017 at the following accounts:
White House Social Media
Archived content posted to institutional White House social media accounts during the Obama administration will be maintained by NARA at the following handles:
- @WhiteHouse on Twitter will be archived at @ObamaWhiteHouse
- Facebook.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Facebook.com/ObamaWhiteHouse
- Instagram.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Instagram.com/ObamaWhiteHouse
- @LaCasaBlanca on Twitter will be archived at @LaCasaBlancaObama
- Facebook.com/whitehouse.espanol will be archived at Facebook.com/LaCasaBlancaObama
- Medium.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Medium.com/@ObamaWhiteHouse
- Flickr.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Flickr.com/ObamaWhiteHouse
- YouTube.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at YouTube.com/ObamaWhiteHouse
- Tumblr.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at ObamaWhiteHouse.tumblr.com
