Post B6uHgnAXgsS9IbNfeK by internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
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(DIR) Post #B6uHgnAXgsS9IbNfeK by internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
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🧵 Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off access to the public record.📣 If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ✏️ Sign the open letter to keep journalism preserved 👇https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders@fight #SaveTheArchive #WaybackMachine #PressFreedom #DigitalPreservation
(DIR) Post #B6uHgqxDcMAj2RB5RA by internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
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Learn more:• Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/• Marketplace: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/04/21/why-news-sites-are-blocking-the-wayback-machine• TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/computing/internet/ai-could-mean-the-end-of-the-wayback-machine-as-news-websites-are-increasingly-blocking-it-to-prevent-content-scraping• The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/tech/911233/media-organizations-are-increasingly-blocking-the-wayback-machine• Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/04/14/why-major-news-sites-are-blocking-the-internet-archives-wayback-machine/
(DIR) Post #B6uMC5GcqsBQDtP2C8 by lrt_writes@mstdn.party
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(DIR) Post #B6uQQu6n1NWFm97lg0 by wcbdata@vis.social
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@internetarchive @fight I signed, and I support, but I am incredibly irritated that doing so opted me into a mailing list I don't want just because I missed a check box buried at the end. C'mon. Do better.
(DIR) Post #B6ulGejvPBiCFfNsg4 by nemeciii@mastodon.social
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@internetarchive @fight but with AI and closed news outlets modifying the past has never been simpler. 1984 showed far right a model and now it's actually feasible to implement./I'm not sure if I'm serious or not
(DIR) Post #B6v9tncaiNpLzX9T2e by wheresalice@woof.tech
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@internetarchive but how are you stopping your copies from being used by llm scrapers? Until you have a good answer to that I can see why people would want to block their content being archived