Twitter Deletes Oil-Data Tweets Following Industry Complaints

Twitter deleted posts that included market-sensitive data from a US oil-industry group after the group complained, roiling the tight-knit energy-trading community on the social network.

The American Petroleum Institute recently sent a notice to the social network, alleging that several users had tweeted its weekly data on US oil-inventory levels without authorization. Twitter removed at least one post by an oil trader, and other users said that they have also been informed by Twitter that their tweets were deleted after complaints from API.