#internet archives

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

Instances of censorship are growing to the point of normalization. Despite ongoing litigation and more public attention, mainstream social media has been more ferocious in recent months than ever before.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/information-war/pay-attention-they-are-scrubbing-the-internet-right-now

#TheFreeThoughtProject

[armsmaster-mando]

https://chng.it/C4tdRtyCjV

Record labels are trying to get rid of the Internet archives and the Waybac Machine, both of which are vital to all kinds of historical websites and incredible for historical research! Please help us stop this!

[pc-prince-ss]

2006 Camel Wides Blender Magazine Ads

Sources:

1. https://archive.org/details/blender-2006-06-fall-out-boy-48-c

2. https://archive.org/details/blender-2006-05-christina-milian-47-c/page/n33/mode/2up?view=theater

[rraaaarrl]

I was on a hunt for that one specific meme about Godzilla having a srtoke and fucking dying but found these instead, what a consolation prize

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Tyger Axia

Internet Archives

[greatrunner]

There was an ars technica post I briefly glimpsed at, the headline talking about how Google was removing the cache feature from their search engine (or just their technology in general).

"Google "Search Liaison" Danny Sullivan confirmed the feature removal in an X post, saying the feature "was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn't depend on a page loading. These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to retire it.""

It got me thinking how, after Chuck Windig sparked action against Internet Archive for allowing people to borrow books he published, and maybe download them.

There's been a not-so-concentrated effort to remove the internet's ability to memorialize information, to save information on the general masses to use for research for just curiosity. The intercept, if I recall correctly, reported on how the New York Times didn't want crawlers and bots from places like Internet Archive saving old editions of articles that would either paywall, edit, or remove from the internet entirely.

And even without reading the article, whatever the stated reason, the major one is undoubtedly control of information and control of narratives.

If these past four-five months have demonstrated anything about legacy media and media in general, it never operates on the pretense of honesty that most of us assume is the default. We've seen news corporations spew one lie after another about what people are seeing and hearing with our own eyes.

On a educational stance, the efforts to rewrite history after barely starting to uncover and mend damage done my untruths within the education system, functions on that same level of dishonestly. That same desire to avoid accountability or correction.

I'm sure Internet Archive, and digital archivists in general are brainstorming on how to retrieve information without Google caches as a competent in their work. Still, it's frustrating and frightening to think that this is the direction that internet is moving toward.

[cholerascum]

all of infinity train now on the IA

edit: hey since this blew up, i could really use some help. if everyone could just send like five bucks my way i'd be doing considerably better.

[ayeforscotland]

This is absolutely catastrophic.

[pc98-rom]

Gus, 2007

[trinket-collector]

geocities archive circa 2002

[eroticlamb]

Kinetica Art Fair, 2012, featuring 'Pony' by Tim Lewis  (video source)

edit: i feel the need to specify that this is a robot for everyone who's confused 😭

[pc-prince-ss]

2007 iPod Touch Press Photos

Apple Inc.

Source: https://archive.org/details/touch_hand_202204/touch_hand.png

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

people all collectively coming to tumblr to see if ao3 is down for other people too or if it’s just them and their wifi is so poetically nostalgic when you think about it, because in some way, it’s the equivalent of those times in the past when you’re a kid and visiting your grandparents’ home and there’s a blackout and so you just walk outside of the house to see if your neighbors experience the same thing too. the ao3 is just. like. a modern version of that

[veggietale]

server towers at the internet archive, each blue light signifies an article being accessed or edited (in real time!)

[iri-desky]

GET KOSA TRENDING.

STOP SCROLLING NOW!

AS OF FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, WE GOT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE DAY OF DECISION OF THE KOSA BILL, WHICH WILL CAUSE MASS CENSORSHIP ROUND THE INTERNET IF PASSED. WE NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND CONTRIBUTE. I'M NOT GIVING UP ON YOU ALL.

(IMPORTANT UPDATE: Kosa will not necessarily pass on the 26th. It only has the support to pass in Senate, and we STILL HAVE TIME. That being said, time is of the essence.)

WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP YET. IF WE GIVE UP, EVERYTHING IS OVER. IF WE DON'T, AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE.

I'M THE ONE WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO CURL UP AND DIE YET.

Reblog this post in every LEGAL way you can under the Tumblr guidelines with the appropriate tags. TELL AND TAG EVERYONE YOU KNOW, then add the tags to see below... and more if you can think of any complying.

Visit badinternetbills.com if you want to find a way to defeat KOSA. It WILL NOT take much of your time. Reblog with any other information or sources, too-- but make sure to reblog if you can.

Reblog if you support lgbtq+ content.

Reblog if you support questioning queer youth and/or abused youth getting the information they need.

Reblog if you support Ao3 and/or other sites that wholeheartedly preserve talentedly made media.

Reblog if you're going to repost this on other sites than Tumblr and spread the word across Twitter, Tik Tok, Pinterest, or elsewhere, alongside the link to badinternetbills.com.

Reblog if you think KOSA is unfair and shouldn't be anyone's problem -- including the adults ALL OVER THE DAMN EARTH forced to face the mass censorship it causes because "think of the American Children!".

Reblog if you support internet activism and Palestine.

Reblog if you hate fascism or censorship, and don't want actually serious and helpful conversations censored on the internet.

Reblog if you value the internet in any way at all whatsoever.

CHECK THIS PETITION, TOO! https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-kosa?recruiter=1331807538&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&recruited_by_id=57368c40-d0fd-11ee-98f7-2175430f819f&share_bandit_exp=initial-36809664-en-US

(Also, please reblog with at least "stop kosa" as a tag and not "kosa". I made the mistake of not adding just "kosa" as a tag...)

We won't let this stand any longer. Let's start a riot and get this trending.

(Update: this is outdated, but we should still talk about it. Get Kosa trending.)