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WayBack Machine to limit Trump cancelation of federal data/knowledge

posted 3 days ago by Ranb (11261)
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The ‘Wayback Machine’ is preserving the websites Trump’s White House took down
https://www.wral.com/story/the-wayback-machine-is-preserving-the-websites-trump-s-white-house-took-down/21865052/

The White House has ordered thousands of government web pages to be taken down over the past month, leaving virtually no trace of some federal agencies’ policies regarding critical topics such as sexual orientation, January 6 cases and discrimination.

Since President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the government’s mass removal of data and policies it finds objectionable has illustrated just how quickly data can disappear from the internet, and it has sparked renewed interest in preserving information online among digital archivists.

While past administrations have taken down some data, Trump is going out of his way to make his administration look like the novel 1984.

[–] aavfreak (3387) 3 days ago

Wow. Big Brother taking down its own government propaganda websites is the most Big Brother thing it could ever do.

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

You're actually suggesting that taking down the government propaganda is making his administration look like 1984? I can't laugh hard enough at this.

[–] Ranb (11261) 2 days ago

Which information was mere propaganda and not useful?

[–] KBiker (1237) 3 days ago

Isn't this typical behavior from our criminal president?

[–] GalahadThe2nd (14) 3 days ago

I second that emotion.