Internet Archive plans backup library in Canada
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2016 Nov 29, 5:21pm 2,628 views 13 comments
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Patrick
2016 Nov 29, 5:26pm
Patrick
2016 Nov 29, 5:26pm
Why would they not have already done this? Every significant site should be backed up in several countries.
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anonymous
2017 Oct 27, 6:57am
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bob2356
2017 Oct 27, 8:19am
Sniper says
Three different piggy alts in a row. A new record.
bob2356 saysLooks like
You're an idiot.... again.
Three different piggy alts in a row. A new record.
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WookieMan
2017 Oct 27, 10:43am
WookieMan
2017 Oct 27, 10:43am
bob2356 says
If you're talking about username Oil, I'm pretty sure that's the Hong Kong bot that spammed the site last week. If you check Oil's comment history you'll see it's not who you think it is. Outside of the username change from Me123 to Sniper, I haven't noticed any other alts. Could be wrong though with all the anonymous posters now. Not sure if there's 3-4 of them or dozens. Or if they're different people or the same.
Looks like piggy can't keep track of which alt he is logged onto.
If you're talking about username Oil, I'm pretty sure that's the Hong Kong bot that spammed the site last week. If you check Oil's comment history you'll see it's not who you think it is. Outside of the username change from Me123 to Sniper, I haven't noticed any other alts. Could be wrong though with all the anonymous posters now. Not sure if there's 3-4 of them or dozens. Or if they're different people or the same.
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bob2356
2017 Oct 27, 11:23am
WookieMan says
Could be true, but some of the oil posts are word for word piggy as are a good number of the anonymous posters. But on the other hand piggy just regurgitates the right wing blogsphere nonsense word for word anyway so I guess it doesn't matter who is recycling the trash onto patnet.
If you're talking about username Oil, I'm pretty sure that's the Hong Kong bot that spammed the site last week.
Could be true, but some of the oil posts are word for word piggy as are a good number of the anonymous posters. But on the other hand piggy just regurgitates the right wing blogsphere nonsense word for word anyway so I guess it doesn't matter who is recycling the trash onto patnet.
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anonymous
2017 Oct 27, 5:56pm
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2017 Oct 27, 6:03pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2017 Oct 27, 6:03pm
Should be in Iceland.
Love that there were so few cops, they couldn't protect the Althing from a few ten thousand protesters. The country that flipped the bird to bank bailouts and imprisoned bankers and neoliberal politicians was the first one to recover from the Crisis.
Love that there were so few cops, they couldn't protect the Althing from a few ten thousand protesters. The country that flipped the bird to bank bailouts and imprisoned bankers and neoliberal politicians was the first one to recover from the Crisis.
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Patrick
2024 Feb 11, 4:37pm
Patrick
2024 Feb 11, 4:37pm
Nice to know that there are other archive sites, like archive.is in Iceland and this one which I just noticed: https://archive.fo/
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AmericanKulak
2024 Feb 11, 6:32pm
AmericanKulak
2024 Feb 11, 6:32pm
Now if they would only undelete all the Taylor Lorenz 2000s content. (A relative of hers is on this project and made sure nothing she wrote before she magically got a job at WaPo exists)
The Internet Archive, a San Francisco non-profit that maintains one of the world's largest library of cached web sites, said on Tuesday that it was planning to create a copy of its archives in Canada, out of the reach of the incoming US government.
"On November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change. It was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long-term, need to design for change," Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday.
"For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions."
Trump's views on free speech have raised worries among many people, and he has said he'd like to "open up" libel laws so he can punish journalists who write negative things about him.
Presumably, if the Internet Archive had a Canada-based operation, controversial documents would stay online in the event that US censorship laws became more restrictive under Trump. Kahle also points to the possibility that government surveillance may increase under a Trump administration as another reason for the move.
"Throughout history, libraries have fought against terrible violations of privacy—where people have been rounded up simply for what they read."
More: http://www.businessinsider.com/internet-archive-of-canada-fundraising-because-of-trump-administration-2016-11
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