Doublecheck no more: Twitter denies access to politicians’ deleted tweets

‘Politwoops, the public archive of online statements deleted by US lawmakers, shut down after Twitter denied the source tool access to politicians’ deleted tweets. Twitter said the nonprofit organization behind the site violated the developer agreement.

Although the website, operated by the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation, had cached deleted politicians’ tweets since 2012, it was abruptly shut down by Twitter last month, with Politwoops’ most recently tracked deleted tweet posted on May 15.’

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