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No, I think it’s about not having to fear being retweeted publicly for what you intended to be private discussions.


No. The Chatham House Rule only bars the attribution of the statements, not the sharing of the statements or the things they contain.

It’s not simply for privacy or nondisclosure. You are free to disclose, the discussions are not private.


That's what I said: it's to prevent people from being quoted publicly.


People can still be quoted verbatim publicly.


Maybe I'm confused then. So one would be permitted to post on Twitter:

"khazhoux said yesterday: 'Megalopolis is the greatest film of the 21st century'"?

I thought the point was you can't attribute -- no names. And without a name, it's not actually a public quoting...




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