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The State Department is removing all posts on its public accounts on the social media platform X made before Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, 2025.

The posts will be internally archived but will no longer be on public view, the State Department confirmed to NPR. Staff members were told that anyone wanting to see older posts will have to file a Freedom of Information Act request, according to a State Department employee who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation by the Trump administration. That would differ from how the U.S. government typically handles archiving the public online footprint of previous administrations.

The move comes as the Trump administration has removed wide swaths of information from government websites that conflict with the president's views, including environmental and health data and references to women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community. The government has also taken down signs at national parks mentioning slavery and references to Trump's impeachments and presidency at the National Portrait Gallery.

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They really don't know how digital information works do they? That shit is preserved forever on somebody's drive.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter. Their base can call anything that comes up as fake cause "see i can't find it on X"

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

And the response is, can you find anything before 2025? No? Does that mean nothing exists before 2025?

I can't find evidence I took a shit this morning either, doesn't mean I can claim I never shit.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

"What is the most recent thing you did in the daytime? Not some childhood memory... what did you eat for breakfast yesterday morning?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City_(1998_film)

[–] jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

We have always been at war with eurasia?

[–] thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

Down the memory hole.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 23 hours ago

you beat me to it.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Its only a violation if someone does something about it...

Not if they say they keep a backup.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago
[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 23 hours ago