Show threadinternetarchive7h ago

Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved.

Today, many publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk.

Tell publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ https://www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

#WaybackMachine

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

Fight for the Future
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬23h ago
Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
Major #news cut off #WaybackMachine, #journalists and advocacy groups rallying to protect #InternetArchive’s collection of web
#USAToday Co, conglomerate formerly known as #Gannet that runs namesake paper and over 200 media outlets, bars Wayback Machine from archiving. “They're able to pull together their story research because the Wayback Machine exists. At the same time, they're blocking access”
https://www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/
https://archive.ph/AkJwk
The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

WIRED
Show threadinternetarchive23h ago

Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved.

Today, many publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk.

Tell publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ https://www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

#WaybackMachine

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

Fight for the Future
internetarchive2d ago

Restricting access to trusted archives like the #WaybackMachine can produce unintended consequences that surface later 🤔

In PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI 📰 Mike Masnick warns that limiting good-faith preservation tools weaken the systems needed to maintain an accessible historical record.

🎧 Listen on the Future Knowledge #podcast ⤵️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/preserving-the-web-in-the-age-of-ai
📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE free from the Internet Archive⤵️
https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026

@masnick.com #AI #WebArchive

Show threadinternetarchive2d ago

Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved.

Today, many publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk.

Tell publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ https://www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

#WaybackMachine

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

Fight for the Future
Miguel Afonso Caetano2d ago

RT @internetarchive
🧵 Wayback Machine director Mark Graham is thanking the hundreds of journalists speaking out in support of the #WaybackMachine and the importance of preserving the online historical record. 🌐📰

At a time when parts of the web are disappearing, journalists are defending web preservation, accountability, and access to the public record.

Read Mark's letter ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/11/a-thank-you-to-journalists-supporting-the-wayback-machine/

A Thank You to Journalists Supporting the Wayback Machine | Internet Archive Blogs

internetarchive3d ago

🧵 Wayback Machine director Mark Graham is thanking the hundreds of journalists speaking out in support of the #WaybackMachine and the importance of preserving the online historical record. 🌐📰

At a time when parts of the web are disappearing, journalists are defending web preservation, accountability, and access to the public record.

Read Mark's letter ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/11/a-thank-you-to-journalists-supporting-the-wayback-machine/

Show threadinternetarchive3d ago

This is critical, because web history disappears when it can’t be preserved. 🕸️📚

Some publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk.

Join the journalists in telling publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ https://www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

#WaybackMachine @MarkGraham

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

Fight for the Future
gaby_wald3d ago

"30 ans d’Internet Archive : peut-on sauvegarder le Web avant qu’il ne disparaisse ?"

#Internet #InterWeb #Web #InternetArchive #WaybackMachine ...

https://usbeketrica.com/fr/article/30-ans-d-internet-archive-peut-on-sauvegarder-le-web-avant-qu-il-ne-disparaisse

30 ans d'Internet Archive : peut-on sauvegarder le Web avant qu'il ne disparaisse ?

Plus d’un tiers des pages Web disponibles en 2013 n’étaient plus accessibles dix ans plus tard. Une disparition liée à des facteurs techniques mais aussi politiques, qui pousse les institutions et les militants attachés à l’histoire numérique à rivaliser d’ingéniosité pour archiver le Web. Mais cette ambition est-elle raisonnable ? Alors que le projet Internet Archive fête ses 30 ans, on se pose la question dans le nouveau numéro de FUTUR, le magazine d'Usbek & Rica.

Bagolina4d ago
A Thank You to #Journalists Supporting the #WaybackMachine
https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/11/a-thank-you-to-journalists-supporting-the-wayback-machine
As publishers block the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine for unfounded concerns over AI scraping, hundreds of journalists have signed a public letter supporting the Wayback Machine Below, Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine, shares a message of thanks to the journalism community for standing up for web preservation, accountability, and access to the public record
A Thank You to Journalists Supporting the Wayback Machine | Internet Archive Blogs