Twitter has made Joe Biden's Presidential account start with zero followers.
The micro-blogging platform - which recently banned Donald Trump, Biden's predecessor - wiped out all followers from the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts following the Presidential Inauguration.
The move was first announced by Rob Flaherty, Biden’s digital director, in late December.
Biden was sworn in as the new US President in Washington on Wednesday (20.01.21), and Twitter's role in the political sphere has been thrown into the spotlight in recent weeks, amid the election and social unrest.
The Inauguration took place shortly after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey insisted banning Donald Trump from the platform was the right thing to do.
He also confessed that the ban was in part a failure of Twitter's.
Jack said: "I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter, or how we got here. After a clear warning we’d take this action, we made a decision with the best information we had based on threats to physical safety both on and off Twitter. Was this correct?
"I believe this was the right decision for Twitter. We faced an extraordinary and untenable circumstance, forcing us to focus all of our actions on public safety. Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real, and what drives our policy and enforcement above all.
"That said, having to ban an account has real and significant ramifications. While there are clear and obvious exceptions, I feel a ban is a failure of ours ultimately to promote healthy conversation. And a time for us to reflect on our operations and the environment around us. (sic)"
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