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Library of Congress Storing Twitter Tweets

Written by Martin Stein on . Posted in Social Networking & Communications

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That next snotty tweet you send out? Best rethink it because it will be finding its way into the Library of Congress.

Girl_texting_cropThe news was announced from the Library's own Twitter account and the response was so strong that it knocked the institution's blog post offline. A follow-up tweet told people to check out a copy of the announcement on Facebook.

The Library has been collecting material from the Web since 2000 and has amassed 167 terabytes worth of info. It also runs the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program.

Who knew stodgy scholars were so with it?

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