🧵 Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off access to the public record.

[internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org]

🧵 Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off access to the public record.

If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ️ Sign the open letter to keep journalism preserved
https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

@fight #SaveTheArchive #WaybackMachine #PressFreedom #DigitalPreservation

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Learn more:
• Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/the-internets-most-powerful-archiving-tool-is-in-mortal-peril/
• Marketplace: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/04/21/why-news-sites-are-blocking-the-wayback-machine
• TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/computing/internet/ai-could-mean-the-end-of-the-wayback-machine-as-news-websites-are-increasingly-blocking-it-to-prevent-content-scraping
• The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/tech/911233/media-organizations-are-increasingly-blocking-the-wayback-machine
• Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/04/14/why-major-news-sites-are-blocking-the-internet-archives-wayback-machine/

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@internetarchive @fight I signed, and I support, but I am incredibly irritated that doing so opted me into a mailing list I don't want just because I missed a check box buried at the end. C'mon. Do better.