internetarchiveJun 4

As some publishers block the Wayback Machine, we lose the ability to reliably verify past reporting and track how stories change over time.

📣 Tell news organizations to stop blocking archiving and help preserve journalism for the future; sign the open letter:
✍️ https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

#SaveTheArchive #DigitalArchive #WaybackMachine #TruthMatters @fight

Show threadcultdevJun 4
@internetarchive @fight in these cases just set a script to auto-archive the archive.ph backups instead. ditto paywalls
Show threadשוקו - Shoko

@cultdev @internetarchive @fight

Eh..
https://cybernews.com/security/archive-today-launches-ddos-directing-visitors-to-attack-blog/

Jun 4 at 7:42amWeb
Show threadsimmacJun 4
@shoko @cultdev @internetarchive @fight yeah, they cannot be trusted unfortunately: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/
Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

Ars Technica
Show threadcultdevJun 4
@simmac @shoko @internetarchive @fight well aware, wah wah, tough shit. so the guy running it is a petty prick, whatever. until someone spins up an alternative it’s that or nothing