Before you tweet at @POTUS, remember the White House archives everything

[bigtree]

Washington Post ‏@washingtonpost 4m4 minutes ago
Before you tweet at @POTUS, remember the White House archives everything http://wapo.st/1dhMTWe


After Barack Obama belatedly joined Twitter on Monday — in his official, presidential capacity — dozens of Twitter denizens began tweeting him sex jokes, threats and other unprintable inanities. (We counted nearly 500 tweets dropping f-bombs at POTUS in the past day.)

But the joke’s actually on them: Not only does the Secret Service already monitor Twitter for threats, but the White House is archiving each and every thing @POTUS tweeters say. Ashley Feinberg flagged this relevant piece of the White House Online Privacy Policy:

On Twitter, the White House automatically archives “tweets” from official White House accounts, “direct messages” sent to or from official White House accounts, and “mentions” (tweets from other users to official White House accounts)…

… in other words, when you tweet “leave Michelle for me @POTUS,” or something even more inappropriate/creepy, that lives in an official White House Archive for eternity (slash, for potential future scrutiny).


read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/05/19/uh-you-probably-dont-want-to-tweet-to-potus-actually/?tid=sm_tw

[cyberswede]

1. I wonder if those who would post such crap even care? nt

[Mika]

2. I posted the Obama/Twitter story on FB. Almost instantly the usual Obummer threats were posted. n/t

[MohRokTah]

3. This should be a great tool for the Secret Service. eom