Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓

Most Likely to Fix Your Computer: CNET

Before YouTube tutorials, there was CNET, walking you through every crash, install & “have you tried turning it off and on again?”

See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/

Go Wayback to 1996 👉 https://web.archive.org/web/19961022174919/http://www.cnet.com/

#Classof96

Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved.

Today, some 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
@internetarchive This tells me they have something to hide that could be unsavory to know in the future.