The Wayback Machine

🧵 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

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.fm/episodes/prese… #WaybackMachine #AI #WebArchive #FutureKnowledge @mmasnick

@BigIfTrueTVO @internetarchive @tvo Trillion. The Wayback Machine has archived more than a trillion web pages. But thank you for the coverage :-)

The @waybackmachine has more than a BILLION archived web pages - lawyers, researchers, journos & the public rely on it to view deleted or modified content online... now it's at risk. Learn about the @internetarchive this Sunday at 8 PM on @tvo or Youtube @BigIfTrueTVO

@LMaster20013888 @internetarchive What URL? Please email info@archive.org with specifics.

@internetarchive @internetarchive Please permanently fix this problem. Every time I watch a video, like from SpongeBob, this just pops up, and it says "it can't be played because of a problem with your Internet connection." I turn off my wifi, and it's still doing it. Please do something.

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/NewsLeaders

This letter about OpenAI was just sent to me. These seem like concerns worth investigating. gist.github.com/Xe/32d7bc436e4…

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/u-s…

When MTV News shut down, it felt like decades of culture vanished overnight 🕳️ But over 470,000 pages were already preserved. That history didn’t disappear. It was archived. 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE to see why it matters 📖 Download & read: archive.org/details/vanish… 🛒 Purchase in print: betterworldbooks.com/product/detail… #VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive #MTVNews #BookTwitter

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

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/u-s… @WMLawSchool #SupremeCourt #DemocracysLibrary

🚨 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-t… @mmasnick @MarkGraham @bkcharvard @Auths_Alliance #WebArchiving #DigitalPreservation

Destroying a library brings the dark ages.

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.

Was trying to find this, and thank goodness @waybackmachine has it! web.archive.org/web/2019032613…

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/1997101714…

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/2026-04-1… 🧵⬇️ @doctorow @maddow

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

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: wired.com/story/the-inte…

💫 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 ⬇️ twp.ai/4hpuCu

“We are collateral damage.” - @MarkGraham, dir. of the @waybackmachine When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history & knowlege. The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors. sfexaminer.com/news/technolog…