Explore Social Media Archiving for YouTube

Comply with your state’s social media records retention laws by archiving your YouTube video content with reliable Social Media Archiving software.

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Capture and Maintain Records from YouTube

YouTube videos, as well as the comments made on them, constitute public records and must be saved and archived in accordance with your state’s record retention requirements. CivicPlus® Social Media Archiving solution captures your YouTube content in near-real time, so you never have to worry about missing a video or comment.

YouTube archiving is included for all Social Media Archiving customers. Simply enter your YouTube login information from your Social Media Archiving software account. The product then connects directly to your organization’s YouTube account through YouTube’s application program interface (API), so our software is able to interact with theirs.

When videos and comments appear on your page, they are automatically captured and stored in your archive in their native format with metadata.

YouTube Record Capture Software Key Features

Product Features

Keep Accurate YouTube Records

Automatically capture and retain:

Video posts
Post comments
Profile information
Livestream video
Edited, deleted, and hidden content
Metadata

Capturing Hidden and Deleted Content

Even when content is hidden or deleted, it will be stored in your archive. The content will be tagged as hidden or deleted, and you can filter by category to find the content you’re looking for.

Archiving Videos of Any Size and Format

No matter how long your video is, it will be saved in your archive in its entirety. Whichever file format you use of the many YouTube supports, your video will be archived in its native format.

Set Up Your Account and Get Started Quickly

Connecting your account is easy, and you can make changes at any time in your secure archive. Enable access for an individual content manager or your whole organization.

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Social Media Archiving in the Civic Impact Platform

Social Media Archiving can be used on its own, but it’s even more powerful when used with other CivicPlus solutions.

Municipal WebsitesIntegrate social media archives within your agency’s main website search results. Additionally, connect your agency’s NextRequest, Agenda and Meeting Management, and Municode Codification instances for even greater transparency. Learn More

What Our Customers Are Saying

When there is a public records request (for social media), I’m not worried I’ll be sitting there for hours searching for something. It will take me 10 to 15 minutes, and I can go about the rest of my day, which is really important.

Natalie Bednarz

Digital Communications Supervisor, City of Orlando, FL

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After sitting here for a couple of hours going through some social media posts, trying to get this open records request solved, I [realized] — this is ridiculous, this is taking me too long. I don’t have the time to sit here and do this, so we reached back out and we ended up with a free trial [of CivicPlus Social Media Archiving software]… the rest is history.

Jeff Caponera

Police Chief of Grafton, WI

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Our view of compliance is that, as soon as something happens, we need the ability to capture it. The timeframe in which any archiving solution is able to capture that data is important.

Austin Blake

Administrative Services Manager, Kissimmee, FL

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Because it’s an electronic record, you need to archive it. Having this information at your fingertips with just a few keystrokes and saving time is critical. Not having to worry about this is refreshing.

Nichol Figueiredo

Public Information Officer, Framingham, Massachusetts

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We do so much on social media that to try to hand search for anything over the last five years would have been a chore. I’m grateful to have [CivicPlus] — it gives me complete peace of mind.

Denise Walsh

Public Information Officer, Duck, North Carolina

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