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		zerkten 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does w... What if you have deleted social media accounts? It's possible to state that you had them with whatever identifiers, but do you have to prove their existence in some way so they can check an archive (assuming it was Twitter)?

proberts 4 months ago | [–]

If I understand you correctly, there's no obligation to maintain access to deleted social media accounts or to archive them.

LightBug1 4 months ago | [–]

Are those "Donald Trump is a rancid, orange Turnip" posts coming back to haunt you? Me too.

I'd brave it out and stick to your guns.

After all, facts are facts.

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