Twitter shutdown of apps for deleted tweets could give politicians new control<article>
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By effectively shutting down apps that showed politicians' deleted tweets, Twitter is giving politicians more control over public speech, and at the cost of transparency, some digital media experts said.</p><p>
Over the weekend, Twitter shut down the access that two apps had to its API or application program interface, which let them show users tweets that had been deleted by politicians and other elected officials.</p><p>
Twitter said the apps, Diplotwoops and Politwoops, violated the terms of its policies, which ban developers from publicly displaying deleted content. But the harm Twitter's actions pose to public transparency far outweigh the minor privacy implications -- if any -- of the services provided by those apps, some say.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2975301/software-social/twitter-shutdown-of-apps-for-deleted-tweets-could-give-politicians-new-control.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Twitter shutdown of apps for deleted tweets could give politicians new control
