Mastodawn

For nearly 30 years, journalists have relied on the Internet Archive to see how stories were originally published, before edits, removals, or changes. We need to safeguard that. 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

Show thread

RustyRing Mar 20

@eff

That service has been targeted for de facto elimination every day since it was founded. I think that says more about this era of history than just about anything else.

Show thread

AskPippa🇨🇦Mar 21

@eff There needs to be an offline backup overseas.

Show thread

Nicole Parsons Mar 21

@eff

The internet archive preserves access to the news.

As paywalls, adtech spyware cookies, de-anonymization age verification laws, and AI Slop information pollution subsumes access to reliable information...

... billionaires keep funding fascism.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/the-american-billionaires-who-fell-in-love-with-fascism-are-not-the-first

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/techno-fascism-comes-to-america-elon-musk

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/uline-worker-resigns

The American Billionaires Who Fell In Love With Fascism Are Not the First | Common Dreams

The ultra-rich will happily march us into a dictatorship if we let them.

Common Dreams

Show thread

Mr. Kane Mar 21

@eff archive.today ftw