N-gated Hacker News1d ago
🚫📚 Oh no, blocking the Internet Archive is like trying to stop a tsunami with a colander while AI chuckles in the background. Meanwhile, the web's historical record gasps its last breath as the #EFF throws a party for its 35th—with free "Mission Accomplished" hats for all! 🎉🤦‍♂️
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record #InternetArchive #35thAnniversary #DigitalPreservation #AIImpact #WebHistory #HackerNews #ngated
Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record

Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Hacker News1d ago

Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record

#HackerNews #BlockingInternetArchive #AI #Ethics #WebHistory #DigitalPreservation #InternetAccess

Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record

Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Cooper 🕊️ | 🌑1d ago

**Blocking the Internet Archive Won't Stop AI — It Will Erase the Web's Historical Record**
#InternetArchive #AI #DigitalPreservation #WebHistory #Censorship

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record

Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record

Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....

Electronic Frontier Foundation
#Digital ⚓️ #Vagabond 🦈4d ago

Internet Infrastructure Walks #LDN in April, May, and June.

https://rifio.dev/events/by/Internet%20Infrastructure%20Walks

#WebHistory #WWW #InternetHistory #Infrastructure #Maintenance

Events by Internet Infrastructure Walks | rifio

Browse 3 upcoming events hosted by Internet Infrastructure Walks. Discover, register, and connect on rifio.

Show threadJosh RenaudMar 6
I started my first personal homepage ("GrossWorld") with Angelfire in 1998-99. After a couple years, I moved my website to joshrenaud.com, and I changed my Angelfire site to (mostly) just a redirect. But I never killed it, and kept it online the past couple decades.
#digipres #retrocomputing #history #webhistory #archives
StefanMar 3

Who remembers this website? My wife did not!

https://web.archive.org/web/20250704192401/http://blackpeopleloveus.com/

#webhistory

Blast From the Ads!Mar 2

1997 Nintendo: Iconic Vintage Drop

Dive into the 1997 digital frontier with this Nintendo 64 magazine feature, reviewing pioneering fan websites like 'N64 Code Centre' and 'Bowsers Pipeline.'
#nintendo #nintendo64 #n64 #internetguide #1997 #90s #retrogaming #retrotech #earlyweb #digitalfrontier #gamingwebsites #nostalgia #n64codecentre #bowserspipeline #webhistory #vintagegaming

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMar 1

Gizmodo: Opera Has Turned 30—and Is Celebrating With a Compelling Tribute to Web Nostalgia. “To celebrate the milestone, Opera is doing something brilliantly engaging: It’s put together a Web Rewind archive site that memorializes some of the best online moments and memes of the last three decades. From the classic modem dialing tone sounds, to MySpace and the top eight friends paradigm, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/01/gizmodo-opera-has-turned-30-and-is-celebrating-with-a-compelling-tribute-to-web-nostalgia/
Gizmodo: Opera Has Turned 30—and Is Celebrating With a Compelling Tribute to Web Nostalgia

Gizmodo: Opera Has Turned 30—and Is Celebrating With a Compelling Tribute to Web Nostalgia. “To celebrate the milestone, Opera is doing something brilliantly engaging: It’s put together a Web…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
#Digital ⚓️ #Vagabond 🦈Feb 27

Marquee #RedBubble content.

#WebHistory #WebStandards #StarWars

Jake in the desertFeb 22

Librarian Jean Armour Polly and the origins of the phrase 'surfing the Internet'

(the title of the piece should say WOMAN, and there is some debate, but come on, it was her, the comic doesn't even say 'surfing').
https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/the-woman-who-coined-the-expression-surfing-the-internet

#WebHistory #history