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“It now appears Twitter is using its legal authority to crack down on these tweet-stealers. A number of tweets have been deleted on copyright grounds for apparently stealing a bad joke.” —JB
Benton, Joshua. "Twitter is deleting stolen jokes on copyright grounds." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 27 Jul. 2015. Web. 30 Mar. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2015, Jul. 27). Twitter is deleting stolen jokes on copyright grounds. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 30, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/twitter-is-deleting-stolen-jokes-on-copyright-grounds/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Twitter is deleting stolen jokes on copyright grounds." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 27, 2015. Accessed March 30, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/twitter-is-deleting-stolen-jokes-on-copyright-grounds/.
Wikipedia
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