Is Twitter (X) Violating Data Laws by Truncating Exported Tweets?

Hello Reddit,

I recently exported my Twitter (X) data and found something interesting that I wanted to share. Inside the tweet.js file, which contains all my tweets in a JSON format, I noticed that the text of each tweet is truncated to 280 characters, followed by an ellipsis ('...').

As I understand it, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar laws around the world grant users the right to access and export their personal data in a usable format. …

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