What happens when we tweet?

A look inside Twitter’s Terms of Service

Agreement.

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“Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting.” (About Us, Twitter, 2011)

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“Our services are primarily designed to help you share information with the world.”

(About Us, Twitter, 2011)

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A Tweet is no more

than 140 characters

In 5yrs Twitter has gained over 100 million

active users

From Twitter blog, 2011

Some Twitter facts…

40% of users don’t post

content but simply listen to

what’s happening

200millionTweets are

generated daily

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Tweets can contain links to

images and other

information on the web

So where do all my

tweets go?

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by agreeing to Twitter’s Terms of Service you acknowledge…

When you sign up for a Twitter account

Your Tweets are

Public!

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Your Tweets are

Public!

But what exactly does that mean?

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“You are responsible for

your use of the Services, for any

Content you post to the Services, and for any

consequences thereof.”

(Twitter Terms of Service, 2011)

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Content must be appropriate and adhere to the Twitter Rules.

Twitter monitors the content you add, to make sure it abides by

their Rules…

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…even the personal ones, like DM’s, that you thought were private.

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Confidential information must not be shared on Twitter, especially if it’s not

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Threats and violence are

not permitted.

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You mustn’t use your Twitter account to impersonate with the

intent to mislead or deceive(no matter how cute you may

think this is).

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Even so, you may

come across

content that is

inappropriate…

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Even so, you may

come across

content that is

inappropriate…

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…harmful or offensive…

Even so, you may

come across

content that is

inappropriate…

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…harmful or offensive…

…deceptive

or inaccurate.

Twitter takes

no responsibility for

this exposure.

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Twitter can do what they like with your content, including

making it available to third parties.

Who collect data about you, your personal information…

for marketing, and research…

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every time you access Twitter’s platform your

data is collected.

‘As a way to improve the

Service’

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And all of this is royalty free,

without compensation

You get

nothing

Yet Twitter makes it clear that

the users own the content

You are responsible for your content

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Content you post on Twitter must respect copyright

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Third parties may

rebroadcast your content

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So if you don’t own the rights to the content

You will be liable!

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And your account could be

terminated

Or worse still - you could be

sued.

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So while it’s ok to have fun on Twitter

and make use of parody and

pseudonyms,

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remember your information can

be seen, you can be

identified.

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People and companies

may not like what you have

to say

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and could use your personal

information against you.

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Think about

what and how you Tweet

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because the rest of the

world can view them

instantly…

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