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minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·6 months agoI 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
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months ago1984 that what your saying. They erase the past so they can tell you it never happen.
minus-squareUltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoCensorship is probably the most reasonable explanation
minus-squareMrPoopbutt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoOr monetizing content. Can’t monetize what is freely available. Which I guess that falls under censorship, just for a different reason
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
1984 that what your saying. They erase the past so they can tell you it never happen.
Censorship is probably the most reasonable explanation
Or monetizing content. Can’t monetize what is freely available.
Which I guess that falls under censorship, just for a different reason