Can and for how long social media data be stored outside social media platforms?

 DATA CONSUMERS

Technical/Method
consideration		DATA PRODUCERS

Ethical/User-driven
consideration		DATA INTERMEDIARIES

Policy/Platform-driven
consideration
Storage/ Preservation
  • What are efficient data structures for storage and subsequent retrieval of such multidimensional datasets?

  • How do we preserve social media data that spans time, space, formats and platforms?

  • What are effective metadata schemas to represent social media data?
  • What are the main strategies and ethical considerations when preserving social media data?

  • Should social media users whose data is being preserved be permitted to request deletion of their records? (“the right to be forgotten”)
  • Can and for how long social media data be stored outside social media platforms?

  • Should the records collected previously be deleted if they are also deleted by their creator?