Keep the News in the Wayback Machine
8 hours ago
- #Journalism
- #Wayback Machine
- #Digital Preservation
- The Wayback Machine has preserved over 1 trillion web pages for nearly 30 years, serving as essential infrastructure for accessing online news and culture.
- Publisher blocking threatens this preservation, risking loss of important journalism for future generations.
- Fight for the Future launched an open letter urging media organizations to ensure news remains preserved and accessible.
- Independent web preservation is crucial amid misinformation, disappearing links, and pressure to alter reporting.
- There's a contradiction: some publishers use the Wayback Machine for research while blocking preservation of their own content.
- The Internet Archive collaborates with publishers and respects access requests, aiming to protect the web's historical record.