STORAGE

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?