- From: Anne L. Washington <washingtona@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:59:33 -0500 (EST)
- To: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- cc: "eGov IG (Public)" <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
Maybe the question is how to archive social media and not whether it is a public record? The U.S. equivalent of the Hansard is the Congressional Record, if I remember well. They are both official records of what is said on the floors during legislative debate. A tweet is an interesting artifact but not an official part of the debate. Should it or can it be regulated differently? I suppose it depends on what the situation is. Given the difficulty in establishing email as part of a legislative archive, I imagine that establishing tweets is much further down the road in terms of records management policy. However, it is a valid question. How and really WHO should archive political communication in the form of social media streams? Anne L. Washington, PhD Standards work - W3C - washingtona@acm.org Academic work - George Mason University http://policy.gmu.edu/washington On Sat, 12 Nov 2011, Tim McNamara wrote: > -1 from me. > > Hansard records debates. Interjections and such are not included. > > On 12 November 2011 09:22, Phil Archer <phila@w3.org> wrote: >> One of the discussions during the face to face meeting the other day >> concerned elected officials' use of social media. Many western legislators >> now routinely tweet from the floor of their house. We discussed whether such >> public statements should or should not be part of the public record - >> probably above our pay grades - but suppose they, or anyone, wanted to >> archive their Tweets and other social media: how would they do it? >> >> But the news about Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir having her Twitter >> account forced open by the US courts raised another issue in my mind. In >> Britain, MPs in the House of Commons are protected under something called >> Parliamentary Privilege which means they can say what they like without fear >> of prosecution for slander/defamation (or anything else). >> >> That may be a legal rather than a tech matter, but, *if* we do look at this >> issue (and I would find it fascinating personally), then it's the kind of >> thing we might have to bear in mind. >> >> What I actually have in mind for this group, potentially, is a best >> practices doc that talks about archiving of social media updates and tries >> to distil common points from the various codes of conduct springing up in >> parliaments around the world. >> >> Just ruminating... >> >> Phil. >> >> [1] >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/11/us-verdict-privacy-wikileaks-twitter >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Phil Archer >> W3C eGovernment >> http://www.w3.org/egov/ >> >> http://philarcher.org >> @philarcher1 >> >> > >
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