Nothing ever dies on the Internet: https://t.co/txAxPC9xt7

— ? (@0xKruzr) February 16, 2019

Twitter has been storing your "deleted" DMs for years https://t.co/R1QLhy2J2T pic.twitter.com/DfHOm5riEK

— The Verge (@verge) February 15, 2019

Twitter has been storing your ‘deleted’ DMs for years https://t.co/QSi0Lh3mdu via @Verge

— Adam Levin (@Adam_K_Levin) February 16, 2019

Twitter keeps copies of DMs you thought you deleted https://t.co/AouDwuPb3f

— Ella (@latentexistence) February 16, 2019

Not GDPR compliant https://t.co/k1PtFPmpcC

— daniel harvey (@dancharvey) February 16, 2019

Weird, you'd think they'd be better about recognizing harassment and threats if they, you know, actually see them.

Twitter has been storing your ‘deleted’ DMs for years https://t.co/O5BXQ6opdo via @Verge

— Rips, Reps, Revelations! (@taterpie) February 16, 2019

"It turns out that despite showing that the message was deleted, Twitter still stores all those DMs dating back years. Folks can access this simply by downloading the archived data on their account from Twitter." - FYI, in case you didn't know. https://t.co/xIA3bv69vN

— Chad Buder (@ChadBuder) February 16, 2019

Your deleted Twitter DMs from years back are never really gone, says security expert #Twitter #privacy https://t.co/Yk8cN0KJyf pic.twitter.com/5ncK6nqH2o

— Neowin (@NeowinFeed) February 16, 2019

If you think that your direct messages and private conversations stay private with Twitter, think again, even after they delete them they hold on to them like a stalking bunny boiling mistress @luke4tech ⁦@bbusa617⁩ is Twitter reading them too? https://t.co/C0iaGUMtnW

— stewie Gilligan Griffin (@OldManStewie) February 16, 2019

A lot of you are in big trouble: Twitter saves deleted direct messages for years, says security researcher https://t.co/QBeVnd2qmY

— A n d r e w (@andrewwhiteau) February 16, 2019

Twitter keeps hold of direct messages for years — including old messages that had since been lost to suspended or deleted accounts. https://t.co/j98AXnC48v

— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) February 15, 2019

at least while i was at twitter, they worked very hard to actually delete “deleted” messages. it’s a harder task than you’d think. https://t.co/mJIzPJaThd

— Charlie Miller (@0xcharlie) February 16, 2019

#Twitter retains direct messages for years, including messages you and others have deleted, but also data sent to and from accounts that have been deactivated and suspended, according to security researcher @iasni. https://t.co/amPSv6BdU4

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) February 16, 2019

Historically, technology has always been bad at “delete.” Files we delete from hard drives aren’t gone unless we actively overwrite the data. I wouldn’t be surprised if much of what we remove from social media survives until overwritten. https://t.co/wiR3UcGNYn

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) February 16, 2019

Twitter you unscrupulous perv https://t.co/L84JLbE9Z4

— CatManDude (@johnszim) February 16, 2019

! "Twitter Has Been Keeping Deleted DMs for Years" https://t.co/OccwFtAoCS

— Ignacio Gallup-Diaz (@igallupd) February 15, 2019