Facebook did not change Trump’s Facebook page title from ‘President’ to ‘Political Candidate’
There are several media sources that claim that Facebook changed Trump’s official facebook page title from ‘President’ to ‘Political Candidate’ in order to prompt Trump supporters to quit Facebook. Below are links to two from Outsider.com and Hannity.com:
- Outsider.com: Donald Trump’s Official Facebook Title Changed from ‘President’ to ‘Political Candidate’
- Hannity.com: REPORTS: Facebook Strips Trump of Presidential Title; Labels Him ‘Political Candidate’
The use of a web archive tool called the Internet Archive Wayback machine as well as looking at his Facebook page today proves that this is not the case. His Facebook page still says “45th President of the United States” today in it’s subtitle/description, and the page was always classified as “Political Candidate — Politician,” well before the November 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Here is Trump’s Facebook page today:
and on October 1, 2020:
and on September 1, 2020:
You can look at web archives of Donald J. Trump’s Facebook page yourself, or any other web page for that matter, at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine website.
Please check your facts.
See also: No, Facebook didn’t remove ‘President’ from Trump’s Facebook page
