http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69781.html
To continue with today’s discussion topic of privacy on social networking sites, people may be interested to know that what you Tweet on Twitter could potentially become a part of history. Last year, Twitter approached the directors of The Library of Congress and explained to them how Twitter might be something their library should catalog because of its potential for historical significance. The Library directors agreed and now, all tweets marked as “public” will be archived in The Library of Congress. According to the article I found online from TechNewsWorld, “posts marked “private” and that are direct exchanges between individuals will not be included in the collection,” however, The Library will be archiving all other posts that are considered to be of “public” matter dating back to 2006 when the site was first launched.
My last practicum post explained how Twitter has been influential in the goings on in Egypt and here in Wisconsin, these are just a few examples of the ways Tweets have played a role in shaping history. Other significant events mentioned in the article include, “the election of President Barack Obama, the earthquake in Haiti, and protests in Iran.”While, some corporate media Twitter accounts, such as Sports Center, have a disclaimer in their bio that if you tweet at them you are “consenting to letting ESPN use and showcase it in any media, possibly even on TV, Twitter users should know that in general, when you are tweeting anything that is not directly between you and a friend, even if your account is protected, those tweets are accessible to the public and now, that means they are catalogued in The Library of Congress.
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