[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #675: From dead people to new features, Twitter gears up

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OPLIN 4Cast #675: From dead people to new features, Twitter gears up
December 4th, 2019

[image: businessman holding tablet with twitter on screen at modern office
while colleague making notes] Twitter has been a solid player in the social
media landscape for over a decade, but surprisingly little has changed
since it first launched in 2006. However, this past week has been a tumult
of activity for Twitter. Adding new features and testing others, not to
mention dealing with the accounts of the inactive and the dead--it's been
busy lately in Twitter's nest.



   -
   - Twitter: 'My boyfriend died but I still like to read his tweets'
   <https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50584688> [BBC] "Earlier this week,
   Twitter revealed it was planning to remove inactive Twitter accounts and
   "free up" usernames. It led to a backlash from people like Adam who didn't
   want the accounts of loved ones who had died being deleted. Yesterday,
   Twitter announced it was pausing the plan until a process for
   'memorialising' users' accounts was in place - which Adam says is 'good
   news.'"
   - Twitter launches a Privacy Center to centralize its data protection
   efforts
   <https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/02/twitter-launches-a-privacy-center-to-centralize-its-data-protection-efforts/>[TechCrunch]
   "  The new site, the Twitter Privacy Center <http://privacy.twitter.com/>,
   will host information about Twitter’s initiatives, announcements and new
   privacy products, as well as other communication about security incidents. "
   - Twitter begins testing Reddit-style nested conversations
   <https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/28/twitter-testing-nested-conversations/>
   [Engadget] " Following conversations in the din of Twitter isn't the
   simplest of tasks, but it's about to get easier. A new conversation tree
   feature with nested replies is being tested on the platform and is set to
   roll out in 2020."
   - Twitter makes global changes to comply with privacy laws
   <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-privacy/twitter-makes-global-changes-to-comply-with-privacy-laws-idUSKBN1Y622J>
   [Reuters] "

The changes, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, will comply with the
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The California law requires large
businesses to give consumers more transparency and control over their
personal information, such as allowing them to request that their data be
deleted and to opt out of having their data sold to third parties.

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=135974886>
   ( SINGAL, J. (2019). Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young. *Reason*,
   *51*(2), 58. )
   - Weathering the Twitter Storm: Early Uses of Social Media as a Disaster
   Response Tool for Public Libraries During Hurricane Sandy
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=137208932>
   ( Han, S. (2019). Weathering the Twitter Storm: Early Uses of Social Media
   as a Disaster Response Tool for Public Libraries During Hurricane
Sandy. *Information
   Technology & Libraries*, *38*(2), 37–48 )
   - Moments Without Truth
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=139001147>
   ( FRIEDMAN, N. (2019). Moments without Truth. *New Republic*, *250*(11),
   22. )

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