Report: Twitter deleted tweets related to the Russian investigation

Twitter has deleted tweets that could be helpful to investigators currently examining Russia's suspected manipulation of the social network during the 2016 presidential election, U.S. government cybersecurity officials told Politico.

According to the officials, Twitter is either unable or unwilling to retrieve a "substantial amount" of tweets from bots and fake users spreading disinformation. Those users, which have been tied to Russia, have since deleted those tweets. 

The lost tweets are apparently casualties of Twitter's privacy policy, which states that when an account deletes a tweet, it will be permanently deleted from Twitter's servers after 30 days through an automated process. After the account holders deleted their tweets and the accounts, which are suspected of having spread false or exaggerated pro-Trump and anti-Clinton narratives, they were also removed from Twitter's system — permanently deleted. Read more...