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8 Sep, 7 tweets, 5 min read
NEW: ‘A blatant attempt to dodge accountability, the modern equivalent of shredding vital documents.’

This week’s newsletter has lift-off 🚀 with latest on our legal action against the use of disappearing Whatsapp messages in government
keepingthereceipts.substack.com/p/the-mysterio…
Vital evidence of how the govt makes decisions – on #Covid19, on #Brexit, on private contracts – is being lost irretrievably. Not only is it undemocratic, but it’s unlawful. Which is why we decided to take action with the brilliant team @Foxglovelegal
This follows a 2 year campaign by @iainoverton to get an answer to the q: are special advisers using encrypted software apps such as Whatsapp to conduct govt business? The request was made under the #FOI act. bylinetimes.com/2021/06/30/gov…
Tldr: 2 years, 50 FOI requests, 5 internal reviews and an ongoing complaint with @ICOnews later, the question has yet to be answered. The FOI act states that everybody has a right to access official info but the legislation is no longer fit for purpose
A year ago the Bodley’s Librarian & head of Digital Preservation Coalition @richove sounded the alarm about senior ministers using apps designed for teenagers who didn't wish their messages to be read by their parents. Why aren’t we listening? ft.com/content/d7f10e…
We’ve launched a petition with @Foxglovelegal calling on Boris Johnson to ban the use of disappearing messages across govt & to respect the Freedom of Information Act. Every signature helps support our case foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/bori…
Transparency is key to the functioning of a normal democracy. It’s at the heart of our mission @allthecitizens & it’s why we intend to pursue this in court. If you would like to support our work, please consider subscribing to our newsletter keepingthereceipts.substack.com/welcome

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