Elon Musk broke all of the tools that historians use to archive Twitter during conflicts.
Basic facts about deleted tweets from government sources in Israel/Gaza war are already in dispute or are possibly unknowable. This matters as long as every politician/government agency continues to use Twitter
https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-broke-all-the-tools-historians-need-to-archive-tweets-about-israel-gaza-war/
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