Internet Archive putting database in Canada to keep it from Trump

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Source: The Hill


By Ali Breland - 11/29/16 03:50 PM EST


Internet Archive putting database in Canada to keep it from Trump
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The Internet Archive, a nonprofit that saves copies of old web pages, is creating a backup of its database in Canada, in response to the election of Donald Trump.

“On November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change,” the organization wrote in a blogpost explaining the move. “It was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long-term, need to design for change.”

The Internet Archive is responsible for services like the Wayback Machine, a tool that allows users to access cached versions of websites long after they are pulled from the internet, and Open Library, which offers free access to millions of e-books......................................

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/307942-internet-archive-putting-database-in-canada-to-keep-it-from-trump

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I do not trust anything anymore. Wise choice IMHO

[LisaM]

1. Yeah, I use the Wayback Machine a lot. So good.

I miss Google cache.

[George II]

2. Let's hope he doesn't invade Canada to get at the archive.

[DK504]

12. Sweet Jesus.

Maybe Americans will invade Canada to escape the KKKons.

[Yavin4]

14. Kind of a mistake telling people where they were going. n/t

[rwheeler31]

3. Good idea we need more of this protective thinking to

stay ahead of them. We need to read up on how successful resistance movements operated.

[TheDebbieDee]

4. I wonder if they've got the old Jump the Shark pages...

[Eugene]

5. Yes, they do. eom

[TheDebbieDee]

10. I made a 10 donation and found two of my favorite decommissioned sites...

The old (before it was bought by TV Guide) Jump the Shark site and the old Television Without Pity site. Talk about good times for a television-o-phile!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Republicans think "1984" is an actual GOAL.

[MrScorpio]

7. Good, because that's where I keep all my shows and podcasts as well

https://archive.org/search.php?query=mrscorpio&sort=-publicdate

[Mrdie]

8. I have a bunch of books on US history on the Internet Archive

http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=202462.0

Granted, they're from a particularly... leftist point of view, but still. The Internet Archive is a good resource.

[Chakab]

9. Good. God knows what's going to happen to web access from US-based ISPs when Trump's

FCC appointees get rid of net neutrality.

This may be the case that destroys the internet for people in the US.

http://fortune.com/2016/11/29/att-net-neutrality-directv-now/

[lonestarnot]

11. Yes. Rach put it out tonight too.

[Sunriser13]

13. Very glad it will be protected from the orange monster and his ilk. (n/t)

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