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Benefits of ArchiveSocial
- Ensures agencies are prepared to respond to public records requests.
- Allow agencies to quickly find relevant records and make sense of them in their original context.
- View changes to the records over time and easily export.
- Produce the records you need in minutes - including edited, deleted, and hidden content.
- Agencies can view citizen feedback by accessing comments and mentions.
Purpose of the Archive Social
- Social Media Archiving: Ensures that all posts on social media are archived for legal compliance, especially if an agency needs to prove that content was removed due to a policy violation.
- Compliance & Legal Protection: Archiving protects against potential lawsuits for removing posts, ensuring agencies have a permanent record of their social media content.
What platforms can be archived?
- Flickr
- Vimeo
- YouTube
Why do we need to be concerned about archiving our social media messages?
Social media messages are considered a public record in Iowa. We must preserve public records in any form.
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To learn more about the ArchiveSocial service, send your request via email to ocio.services@iowa.gov.
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