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[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I read yesterday that a study found out that 25% of webpages generated in 2013-2023 are gone forever. Attacking the internet archive maybe has darker motives such as censorship or plainly wanting to erase inconvenient history

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

1984 that what your saying. They erase the past so they can tell you it never happen.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Who controls the past now, controls the future...

Who controls the present now, controls the past...

Who controls the past now, controls the future...

Who controls the present now?

Now Testify! It's right outside your door

Now Testify!

Testify!

It's right outside your door...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Censorship is probably the most reasonable explanation

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Or monetizing content. Can't monetize what is freely available.

Which I guess that falls under censorship, just for a different reason