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by t-writescode 2195 days ago
The president is a huge exception to the rule. 3 and a half years ago, I think (citation needed) it was found that Twitter was obligated to keep Trump tweets up because he is president and those are now official record. There was that whole big to do wat back then about him deleting one of his tweets and whether that was allowed or not.
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Allowed by whom? Twitter can delete anything of Trump's, and can delete his account if they want to.
Things get complicated with the president. This whole thing happened: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/sep/27/what-does-law...
That's entirely about the government's responsibility to retain records. Twitter has zero obligation.