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    Library Of Congress Will No Longer Archive Every Tweet

    The library says that as of Jan. 1, it will only acquire tweets "on a very selective basis." By 2013, the archive had already amassed more than 170 billion tweets.
    by Laurel Wamsley Dec 26, 2017 2 minutes
    The Library of Congress said on Tuesday that it will no longer archive every public tweet. Instead it will collect them "on a very selective basis."

    Since 2010, Library of Congress has been archiving every single public tweet: Yours, ours, the president's.

    But today, the institution announced it will no longer archive every one of our status updates, opinion threads, and "big if true"s. As of Jan. 1, the library will only acquire tweets "on a very selective basis."

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