The note I sent to the National Archives and Records Administration about Trump tweets

[jmowreader]

In http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028403414 I pointed out that Trump's tweets will be Public Records that'll need to be retained. This is the letter I sent this morning to the NARA asking that it be done:

Many government officials communicate with the public, and probably with other government officials, via Internet-based social media accounts. The president-elect, Donald Trump, is famous for his heavy use of Twitter. If tweets, Facebook posts and other social media contacts made in the course of an official's public duties are not currently considered "public records" subject to records retention law, they should be.

[bdamomma]

1. K&R

good that is evidence.

[flamin lib]

2. Once he is sworn in the twitter account becomes federal property

and every twit, er tweet, is archived. Before then it's just another social media account.

[jmowreader]

4. Is that the case with the RealTasmanianDevil account?

I know the POTUS account that comes with the job is federal property...but if he just ignores that one and keeps on tweeting on his personal account, what then?

[flamin lib]

6. See Ms. Toad's reply #3. It's good news. nt

[Ms. Toad]

3. Theoretically, it will all be available permanently via the LOC

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/library-of-congress-twitter-archive-119698.html

[Ford_Prefect]

7. Only if the Orangutan doesn't burn it down, or the good Christians don't redact the directory.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. I wonder if Internet Archives keeps copies

of Twitter pages...

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Anything could come out on those Tweets

Anything! Inconsistencies, facts, opinions, logical fallacies ...
the raw material of one's mind runneth over. Fertile!