The Wayback Machine

💯 Big news! Brewster Kahle, founder & digital librarian of the Internet Archive, has been named to the 2026 Curious 100 by the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, celebrating leaders using curiosity to preserve knowledge, spark innovation, and shape a better future. Learn more: #brewster-kahle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/20… 🧵1️⃣/4️⃣ #curious100 @eamesinstitute @Brewster_Kahle @InternetArchive

New post from Joe Mullin, EFF's Sr. Policy Analyst: Publishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because they fear AI scraping. This is a misguided notion: it won’t stop AI, but it will erase the web’s historical record. @EFF has the story ⤵️ eff.org/deeplinks/2026… #DigitalPreservation @WaybackMachine

⏰ TOMORROW. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE 🎟️ There’s still time to join #DWebCamp 2026 Berlin! 🏕️ Unconference + Meetup + fireside chat with @Brewster_Kahle. All free. All community-led. Exploring decentralization & Europe’s public knowledge future 🇪🇺 . 📅 Feb 28, 2026 🕙 Unconference 10:00–18:00 CET 🕖 Meetup 19:00-22:00 CET 📍In-person at c-base in Berlin 🎟️🆓 dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/ Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe & Department of Decentralization @GETDWeb @cbase @dod_berlin #IAEurope #DecentralizedWeb #BerlinEvents #BerlinTech

💪 Protect our archives! Physical and digital records serve critical roles in society, preserving our history and culture. 🏛️ 🌐 The Wayback Machine helps to archive the history of the web, critical for @Wikipedia: without it, link rot erodes the verifiability of information.

To clear up any confusion, this action is not about the Internet Archive, which is at archive.org, or the Wayback Machine. techradar.com/pro/security/w…

@UpliftingGuard @internetarchive Info@archive.org

@waybackmachine @internetarchive do y'all um.. have a tech support email or something? My friend is having some issues and she's... A bit perturbed 😅 (I blipped the expletives and unnecessary ranty bits)

Who benefits from the internet we’re building? Brewster Kahle discusses building "a smarter infrastructure rather than more powerful monopolies" ahead of his keynote at @cloudfest. cloudfest.com/blog/brewster-…

Wayback Machine director Mark Graham pushes back on unfounded claims from media organizations that the @waybackmachine is a backdoor for AI scraping.⁠ ⁠ Read more via @techdirt 🔗 techdirt.com/2026/02/17/pre…

🗓️ Mark your calendar. Join us for the Future Knowledge #Podcast live recording: AI TOOLS, NOT GODS 🎙️ AI is often framed as something supernatural—and those stories are shaping policy. This #booktalk examines what AI is, and what governance should be. 📆 Tues Feb 10 🕙 10 AM PT 📍 Online event 🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/future-knowl… Co-hosted by @InternetArchive & @Auths_Alliance.

Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes. That includes things like the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” 🙀📬 a very real web oddity now preserved only on the #WaybackMachine. Internet history is stranger—and more fragile—than it looks. Read more 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/dep… @anniierau @depthsofwiki #DepthsofWikipedia @WaybackMachine #Wikipedia @InternetArchive

Look out, link rot! We’ve proudly teamed up with @internetarchive to preserve and restore links across the web. 🖥️ The Wayback Machine Link Fixer is a free @WordPress plugin that scans, detects, and fixes broken links🔗using @waybackmachine!

We've teamed up with Automattic to fight link rot on the open web. Check out the new Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress—preserving pages, fixing broken links, and helping ensure the web keeps its memory. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/02/04/ins… 🧵 1️⃣/3️⃣ #linkrot #memoryhole @WaybackMachine @InternetArchive @Automattic

If you've ever wondered about the infrastructure behind the Internet Archive and the @waybackmachine ⤵️

@JavierDeVilla @internetarchive @rsametband Hi Javier, Hmmm... can you please be more specific? What URL is returning that response? Also... info@archive.org is the best way to reach us and report bugs/issues and such. Thanks!

@internetarchive @rsametband @waybackmachine For several days The Wayback machine has been returning this message: “error 501, no servers available to answer the request”. What’s going on?

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like: 💄 Dizzy Dishes, the first appearance of Betty Boop 🔍 The first 4 Nancy Drew novels 🚂 The Little Engine That Could 🤡 Animal Crackers 🎩 Morocco 🍑 Georgia on My Mind and many more! 🧵👇

In 2025: Web pages vanished. Links broke. Public data disappeared. But the @internetarchive kept the receipts. From investigations by @NewYorker and @nytimes to video features from the @BBC and @CNN, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles. blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/top… Full list of press mentions for 2025: archive.org/about/news-sto…

The internet wasn’t broken by one bad decision—and Cindy Cohn (EFF) says there’s no single fix that will restore it. Getting back to a healthier web will take more than a quick or easy answer. On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Cohn joins Vint Cerf (Google), Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive) & Jon Stokes (Ars Technica) to unpack the many forces that shaped today’s internet—and why untangling them won’t be simple. 🎧 Listen & subscribe futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-o… @Brewster_Kahle @vgcerf @jonst0kes #OpenWeb #DigitalRights

2025: Web pages vanished. Links broke. Public data disappeared. But the Internet Archive kept the receipts. From investigations by The New Yorker and The New York Times to video features from the BBC and CNN, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles. ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/top…

The early web was driven by curiosity, openness, and play, not monetization. Creativity flourished because experimentation was encouraged. Creator Audrey Witters reflects on that era, using her now-famous animated alien GIF as an example of how playful, freely-shared work helped shape digital culture—and why preserving it still matters. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/aud… #EarlyWeb #DigitalHistory #Creativity #InternetArchive

Did you know that the Internet Archive offers free public tours every Friday at 1pm? Check out what happened when The Fogline stopped by on a recent Friday ⬇️ foglinesf.com/p/the-richmond…