Deleted Tweets on @FTC
| Tracking # |
2018-01329 |
| Submitted | Aug. 24, 2018 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Muira McCammon
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
I would like copies of all tweets deleted by the Twitter handle associated with the Federal Trade Commission (@FTC) from September 2010 to the present. This would include any tweets sent out on Twitter that were deleted or kept in draft form from the Twitter handle @FTC. This request also would include copies of any e-mails or correspondence regarding the drafting and deletion of these tweets.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
I am a journalist whose works have appeared in Slate, VICE, the Massachusetts Review, Kill Screen, and elsewhere. This FOIA request is part of research for an ongoing piece of journalistic work, and as such, I am requesting a fee waiver. I have submitted versions of this FOIA request to other agencies, including the Office of Government Ethics, and in the process, I have been granted this fee waiver without question. My most recent article on this subject appeared in Slate in April 2018 and was titled “Can They Really Delete That?”.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Muira McCammon
muira.mccammon@asc.upenn.edu
From: Federal Trade Commission
Hello:
Thank you for your submission. The FTC will review your request.
Best regards,
Federal Trade Commission
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 24, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Trade Commission
Hello:
Thank you for your submission. The FTC will review your request.
Best regards,
Federal Trade Commission
From: Federal Trade Commission
From: requests@muckrock.com <requests@muckrock.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 5:05 AM
To: FOIA <FOIA@ftc.gov>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request: Deleted Tweets on @FTC
Federal Trade Commission
FOIA Office
600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20580
September 24, 2018
This is a follow up to a previous request:
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 24, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/federal-trade-commission-66/deleted-tweets-on-ftc-59902/?email=FOIA%40ftc.gov&uuid-login=ab532d44-4d36-482b-9588-a4d090c9f50a#agency-reply
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DEPT MR 59902
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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On Aug. 24, 2018:
Hello:
Thank you for your submission. The FTC will review your request.
Best regards,
Federal Trade Commission
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On Aug. 24, 2018:
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
I would like copies of all tweets deleted by the Twitter handle associated with the Federal Trade Commission (@FTC) from September 2010 to the present. This would include any tweets sent out on Twitter that were deleted or kept in draft form from the Twitter handle @FTC. This request also would include copies of any e-mails or correspondence regarding the drafting and deletion of these tweets.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
I am a journalist whose works have appeared in Slate, VICE, the Massachusetts Review, Kill Screen, and elsewhere. This FOIA request is part of research for an ongoing piece of journalistic work, and as such, I am requesting a fee waiver. I have submitted versions of this FOIA request to other agencies, including the Office of Government Ethics, and in the process, I have been granted this fee waiver without question. My most recent article on this subject appeared in Slate in April 2018 and was titled “Can They Really Delete That?”.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Muira McCammon
muira.mccammon@asc.upenn.edu
Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/accounts/agency_login/federal-trade-commission-66/deleted-tweets-on-ftc-59902/?email=FOIA%40ftc.gov&uuid-login=ab532d44-4d36-482b-9588-a4d090c9f50a#agency-reply
Is this email coming to the wrong contact? Something else wrong? Use the above link to let us know.
For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 59902
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516
PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 24, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2018-01329.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Trade Commission
Hello:
Thank you for your submission. The FTC will review your request.
Best regards,
Federal Trade Commission
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 24, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2018-01329.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Federal Trade Commission
Hello:
Thank you for your submission. The FTC will review your request.
Best regards,
Federal Trade Commission
From: Federal Trade Commission
Ms. McCammon,
Attached is our response to your FOIA request for deleted tweets.
Sincerely,
William "Chip" Taylor
Government Information Specialist
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20580
(202) 326-3258
Wtaylor1@ftc.gov
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