U.S. Library of Congress Archives Tweets?

bobyeager — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:51:45 +0000

Is it an Invasion of Privacy or a Way to Go Down in History?

For many decades, the U.S. Library of Congress has archived works only produced by those who were scholars or published. Now, with the wave of Social Media, the U.S. Library of Congress is archiving your Tweets from Twitter.

Some conspiracy theorists taught the “Big Brother is Watching You” line. But, we’re not talking the CIA here, we’re talking about an organization that keeps record of those topics that end up in the history books for generations to share.

I’ve been teaching for years that what you put online will be there forever. I’ve also been documented in saying that the PEOPLE will decide what becomes the most discussed topics in history, thanks to the Internet. Now, with the US Library of Congress archiving (only public Tweets, private Twitter accounts will NOT be documented) it is showing that not only the historians and politicians are writing history… the people are the driving force… as it should be.

Here’s a video explaining the U.S. Library of Congress’s Historical Archiving of Tweets:

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U.S. Library of Congress Archives Tweets?

Is it an Invasion of Privacy or a Way to Go Down in History?

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