The Wayback Machine is a service of the Internet Archive @internetarchive We are sharing articles that reference the Wayback Machine or the Internet Archive.
Several local newspaper companies — USA Today Co., McClatchy, Advance Local, MediaNews Group, and Tribune Publishing — have begun blocking @internetarchive's access.
That's more than 340 U.S. local news sites in all, a new @NiemanLab analysis by @decka227 and @HanaaTameez shows.
Several local newspaper companies — USA Today Co., McClatchy, Advance Local, MediaNews Group, and Tribune Publishing — have begun blocking @internetarchive's access.
That's more than 340 U.S. local news sites in all, a new @NiemanLab analysis by @decka227 and @HanaaTameez shows.
🧵 1️⃣/5️⃣ Announcing Internet Archive Switzerland: Expanding a Global Mission to Preserve Knowledge 🇨🇭🌍
Thirty years ago, Brewster Kahle founded Internet Archive with one goal: Universal Access to All Knowledge. That mission expands with the launch of Internet Archive Switzerland.
Visit Internet Archive Switzerland ➡️ internetarchive.ch
ALT Logo of the Internet Archive Switzerland. Black text on a white background.
Publishers fighting AI companies are increasingly colliding with web preservation systems ⚖️
In PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI, Mike Masnick examines how attempts to block AI scraping can restrict access to vital archiving tools like the Wayback Machine, creating collateral damage for the public record.
🎧 Listen on the Future Knowledge #podcast ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.f…#WaybackMachine#AI#WebArchive#FutureKnowledge@mmasnick
News shouldn’t disappear. 🕳️
Some publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine, putting the public record at risk. Journalists are speaking out.
Add your name. Stand for preserving the news.
✍️ savethearchive.com/NewsLeade…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional is one of the most studied decisions in American history. But the briefs filed in Brown v. Board of Education reveal dimensions that the opinion alone does not capture.
Those briefs are now accessible to everyone on the Internet Archive, thanks to the Wolf Law Library at @WMLawSchool.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/…
ALT Grid of three images. Left: Linda Brown Smith, Ethel Louise Belton Brown, Harry Briggs, Jr., and Spottswood Bolling, Jr. — all plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education during a 1964 press conference. Image from the Library of Congress. Top Right: The official seal of the United States Supreme Court, featuring a circular design with the words “Supreme Court of the United States” surrounding a central emblem of a balanced scale of justice and a laurel wreath, symbolizing law, authority, and fairness. Bottom Right: Monogram of William & Mary Law School featuring a dark green background and a white intertwined “W&M” topped by a crown, referencing the university’s royal charter.
ALT The cover page of the Brief for Appellants filed in Brown v. Board of Education, Supreme Court of the United States, October Term 1952. The document is stamped as received by the Supreme Court Office on September 23, 1952. Listed as counsel for appellants are Robert L. Carter, Thurgood Marshall, Spottswood W. Robinson III, and Charles S. Scott, along with a number of additional attorneys of counsel including Constance Baker Motley and Jack Greenberg. The document is a microfilm scan, slightly aged and worn at the edges.
ALT Infographic highlighting that over 470,000 pages from the MTV News website have been preserved by the Internet Archive since 1997. The design includes a large “470,000” headline and a visual timeline starting at 1997, with a partial MTV News webpage graphic. Supporting text notes additional pages preserved from CMT News.
Hooray for #NationalLibraryWeek! 📚
Internet Archive's mission is Universal Access to All Knowledge, and we’re proud to be a Federal Depository Library.
Books 📖, movies 🎞️, music 🎧, software 💾, web pages 🌐 and much more await on the Internet Archive: the library in your pocket.
Explore our collections ➡️ archive.org#Libraries#LibraryLove#Books#Reading#BookTwitter
ALT Two headphone-wearing people seated in the "Listen" station at the Internet Archive, surrounded by shelves with record albums.
ALT A person at the Internet Archive turning the pages of a book being digitized on a "scribe" station, which uses two cameras to shoot opposing pages simultaneously.
ALT A person at the Internet Archive operating a Lasergraphics ScanStation digital film scanner, in the procress of scanning 8mm film.
ALT Server racks with blue "blinkenlights" at the Internet Archive.
The arguments behind every landmark Supreme Court ruling have never been freely available to the public… until now.
Thanks to a gift from the Wolf Law Library at William & Mary Law School, more than 125,000 #SCOTUS records & briefs are now freely freely available on the Internet Archive, spanning 1830 through 2019. The arguments that shaped America, including Brown v. Board of Education. Loving v. Virginia.
Read the full announcement ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/…@WMLawSchool#SupremeCourt#DemocracysLibrary
ALT The official seal of the United States Supreme Court, featuring a circular design with the words “Supreme Court of the United States” surrounding a central emblem of a balanced scale of justice and a laurel wreath, symbolizing law, authority, and fairness.
ALT Monogram of William & Mary Law School featuring a white intertwined “W&M” topped by a crown, referencing the university’s royal charter.
🚨 LIVE ONLINE EVENT 🚨
Publishers vs. preservation: what happens when the web can’t be archived? Find out on PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI, a LIVE Future Knowledge #podcast recording 🎙️
Join this timely conversation on AI, access & our digital memory with Mike Masnick, Mark Graham, & Kendra Albert.
📆 Tues, April 28
🕙 10 AM–11 AM PDT/🕐 1 PM–2PM EDT
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/preserving-…@mmasnick@MarkGraham@bkcharvard@Auths_Alliance#WebArchiving#DigitalPreservation
ALT Promotional graphic for a live online event titled “Preserving the Web in the Age of AI.” The design features a dark green and teal background with futuristic accents. Event details read: “April 28th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, ONLINE.” Text explains that as publishers block archiving in response to AI, the event will explore what happens to the web’s memory, access, and accountability. Speakers include Mike Masnick (Techdirt), Mark Graham (Internet Archive), and Kendra Albert (Albert Sellars LLP), with headshots of each speaker shown. The right side includes a stylized, retro-futuristic illustration of computers, books, and digital media. The bottom right reads “Future Knowledge Podcast Live Recording,” with Internet Archive and Authors Alliance logos displayed.
Destroying the @InternetArchive's @WayBackMachine would be the equivalent of the burning of the Library of Alexandria - one of the worst losses of knowledge in history.
Media giants are now threatening to do this.
We can't let this happen.
Pass it on.
Destroying the @InternetArchive's @WayBackMachine would be the equivalent of the burning of the Library of Alexandria - one of the worst losses of knowledge in history.
Media giants are now threatening to do this.
We can't let this happen.
Pass it on.
Yes. For those who want to see what @MYANC website was like before it lost complete access to posting new stuff on it because of nonpayment to the service provider, make a visit to @waybackmachine . Here's the Index page on Oct 17, 1997, for example. web.archive.org/web/19971017…
100 journalists, including Cory Doctorow, Rachel Maddow and many more, are backing the Internet Archive’s #WaybackMachine as essential to preserving the public record 🗂️
Read more at Fight for the Future 👇
fightforthefuture.org/news/2…
🧵⬇️
@doctorow@maddow
ALT Screenshot of a Fight For the Future article 100 Journalists Applaud the Internet Archive's Role in Preserving the Public Record. It includes the text “Rachael Maddow declares the Archive is a 'national treasure' as uncertainty mounts on whether today's journalism will be preserved for future generations." Below is a photo of Wayback Machine Mark Graham addresses an audience, standing before a lectern that reads “Journalists ❤️ Internet Archive,” with several attendees on stage. Photo by Kenyatta Thomas.
In writing a cultural history of the 21st century, I realized that so many key texts have been expunged from the living internet.
The notorious Vice founders interview with New York Press and Gavin's piece for The American Conservative were buried deep in there
💫 Today, we are launching our Global Academy of Investigative Journalism, #GIJNAcademy, a unique hub dedicated to connect, expand, and support the journalism community around the world through key training, networking, and knowledge-sharing opportunities.
Read more about our global academy here ⬇️
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