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Platform dependence and preservation risks

The risks associated with relying on social media platforms for preserving posts, including changes to APIs, data access restrictions, and the difficulty of replicating interactive elements.

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Jan 29, 2026

How have local news outlets archived or time‑stamped Walz’s social media posts and are they preserved in web archives?

There is extensive literature and institutional guidance about how organizations capture, time‑stamp and preserve social media — using platform APIs, web crawls, screenshots and commercial capture ser...