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> would get automatically deleted after some years Some people may not be allowed to delete (or to be deleted by someone else) their "tweets". US Presidents ar
by Tangurena2 4y ago
> would get automatically deleted after some years
Some people may not be allowed to delete (or to be deleted by someone else) their "tweets". US Presidents are one such category of people - all of their works while in office belong to the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Records_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Records_Act
In some lawsuits, records such as tweets need to be produced in what is called "discovery". It is possible to lose lawsuits - by default - for either destroying or refusing to turn over such records. A modern example of how expensive such behavior can be would be to look at how much Alex Jones is going to be paying out.
- tough 4y agoIt was also pretty funny to read Elon's DM's with his billionaire friends and aids about the twitter takeover due to this when he wanted out. Kudos to -discovery- If you don't want something read on the future, don't write it. Its that simple
- kube-system 4y agoThis simply means those people must ensure those records are copied and stored elsewhere. Communication services don’t have to store records for the president. Twitter has deleted many tweets subject to the rules you cite and it’s well within their right to do so.