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Re:Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets t... by jazzyjackson on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @04:08AM (#30929674)
It's a shame there's no better way to preserve a tweet than taking a screenshot -- there's no way to prove that an individual said something, save for perhaps trusting the record on archive.org

It doesn't have to be this way. Either the individual or the platform could cryptographically sign content to prove that it really happened. I guess Twitter would prefer a plausible deniability. If anyone screenshots you saying something you regret, you can just say it was forged.

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Re:Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets t... by maccard on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @04:13AM (#30929709)
I've never had my name dragged through the mud on twitter or anything but I'm super glad knowing that if I do make a mistake I can delete it rather than having it immortalised on the internet to be used as a weapon against me forever.
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Re:Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets t... by Sayrus on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @04:31AM (#30929802)
The blockquote is still inside the page and indexed by search engines. While many will get a blank preview, it is still immortalized on the internet and visible if you block Social Tracking / Twitter's widget.js.
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Re:Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets t... by vntok on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @09:36AM (#30931784)
For the vast vast majority of people (or as we call them in cases of cyber-harassment, "the mob"), it will be gone from the Internet.
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Re:Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets t... by true_repairman on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @04:15AM (#30929716)
What a shame that Jack left. We could live in a utopia where every tweet is an NFT in the Twitter Blockchain...
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Re:Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets t... by Santosh83 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @04:40AM (#30929847)
Twitter itself can always prove an individual user said something. I assume they never actually delete any tweet from their system, so a proper law enforcement request can require them to verify that a particular tweet actually did originate from a handle at such and such a time & IP.
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