Politwoops is back! Twitter lifts its ban on access to politicians’ deleted tweets

‘Twitter has reversed its ban of Politwoops, the public archive of online statements deleted by politicians. US lawmakers and other politicians will now once again have to double-check what they post online – or be ready for public scrutiny.

For months there has been a stubborn standoff with Politwoops, funded by the Sunlight Foundation, and other Twitter pages tracking the statements of politicians across dozens of countries, which were banned by the service last summer. Now the social media network has given up and reversed its ban, saying that public dialogue is too short of transparency and accountability.’

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