Wong asks about recovery steps for destroyed records and public access
Wong asks whether DORIS introduces corrective or recovery steps when records are destroyed without authorization and how the public accesses archived content; Smith-Cruz says social media captured at creation is preserved even if deleted later, and the public can access Archive Social, encouraging council members to connect their accounts.
But are you...
Are you introducing corrective and recovery steps when these records may have been destroyed or deleted without authorization?
Thank you for that question.
In the social media platform, if it has been captured on its point of creation, then it actually doesn't matter if it's deleted in its current state because it will have already been captured within the archiving social platform or software.
Yeah, because as I see it, if tax dollars are being paid for these social media platforms and they're exchanging messages as involving official business, it is your job to retain them and make the messages accessible to the public.
Is that right?
Thank you for that question.
Continue to distinguish between the instant messaging feature of some of these softwares and platforms and the sort of publication feature of these softwares and platforms.
The instant messaging is transitory and is not being archived or retained.
And the publication feature is being archived in permanence.
And so we're keeping it forever.
And how would the public access them, like today, right now?
If the public would like to, they could go to Archive Social and they could see what has been published across the various agencies around New York City, including City Council.
We really do encourage you to make sure that your social media is connected to Archive Social and Simit Plus.
And if you're not sure how to do that, you can contact the municipal library to get connected.
Okay, thank you.