internetarchiveMay 20

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

Most Likely to Save Everything: Internet Archive

Because the web isn’t forever, unless someone saves it.

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/

#Classof96 @internetarchive

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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
May 20 at 10:01pmWeb
Show threadTim ZeeMay 21
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When was the last time an online petition accomplished anything major?
The Archive should recruit engineers who can make such blocking ineffective.
Show threadsh0budMay 22
@internetarchive So much for the NYT being the “newspaper of record”.
Show threadDavid GinnJun 2
@internetarchive I agree these pages should be preserved because they’re newspapers. But I don’t believe every website ever either should be, or is of a quality where it should be preserved. Some sites are so bad they need to be forgotten!