If you work for a government agency that’s on Slack, your Slack messages are public record, The Atlantic’s Kaveh Waddell writes. But, the government doesn’t have any measures in place to deal with this, a problem that MuckRock (a website that helps users send and monitor FOIA requests) developer Allan Lasser is trying to solve. Earlier this month, Lasser sent a request to the FCC, asking the agency to reveal a list of teams that use Slack to communicate. Lasser says his goal is to be able to search for the names of channels the FCC has set up, and then tailor a FOIA request to the messages he wants to see. On its end, Slack is making it easier for organizations to comply by allowing team leaders to export a transcript of all messages sent in public channels and groups.
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