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Twitter Urged To Restore Access To Politicians' Deleted Tweets

  • The Hill, Friday, September 4, 2015 2:52 PM
Digital rights groups are asking Twitter to reverse a recent decision that made it harder to access politicians' deleted tweets. Twitter said that politicians have the same right to delete their tweets as other users, but digital rights groups say there are good reasons to treat politicians' tweets differently than those of private citizens. "When public officials use Twitter to amplify their political views, they invite greater scrutiny of their expression," the digital rights groups say in a letter to Twitter.

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