Roll Call
CQ Roll Call May 19, 2013

Members Tweeting at Their Own Risk

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Rep. Pete Hoekstra live-tweeted a Congressional delegation trip to Iraq in 2009. The lack of a social media policy in Congress has raised some concerns about security and privacy.

Current and former Congressional aides stressed that they are proactive in protecting the identity of Members’ details, often requesting photos of the personnel or cars used by lawmakers be removed from media sites.

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