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Shutting down a transparency tool in 29 countries? Twitter can do better.

28 Aug 2015

Last week, Twitter shut down a tool that helps people hold politicians accountable in 29 countries around the world. The Netherlands-based civil society group Open State Foundation created Politwoops, which scans the Twitter accounts of politicians for tweets they’ve deleted. Deleted tweets can provide insight to the viewpoints of public officials, and journalists have been using Politwoops to keep representatives accountable for what they say publicly. This is an especially disappointing decision because Twitter has been a champion of transparency and free expression for some time.

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Shutting down a transparency tool in 29 countries? Twitter can do better.
28 Aug 2015
Shutting down a transparency tool in 29 countries? Twitter can do better.