As platforms race to purge harmful content after the Capitol riots, police race to gather evidence, showing the need for international data preservation laws
How we conceptualize the role social media played in the Capitol siege will set the stage for information governance across the globe. Tweets: @bostonjoan , @marklittlenews , @foreignpolicy , and @kennedy_school Tweets: Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan : My coauthor @gabriellelim and I wrote this as we were trying to grapple with the amount of evidence being removed from platforms. Without a plan for where it will go, we risk losing it to the chaos of the moment. https://foreignpolicy.com/... Mark Little / @marklittlenews : When the Internet Is a Crime Scene ... why we need a “human-rights locker” to protect social media evidence https://foreignpolicy.com/... @foreignpolicy : Archival data from social media can hold people to account, reveal crucial information about how our society works, and become a tool for advocacy, @BostonJoan and @gabriellelim write. https://foreignpolicy.com/... Harvard Kennedy / @kennedy_school : HKS's @BostonJoan and Gabrielle Lim argue that the absence of clear regulations benefits those who tried to overthrow the U.S. government, and serves authoritarians who use social media to misinform the public https://foreignpolicy.com/...