<![CDATA[Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓]]>Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓

Class President: Center for Democracy and Technology

They didn’t just show up—they helped write the rules of the internet. And 30 years later, they’re still fighting to keep it open.

See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/

Go Wayback to 1996 👉 https://web.archive.org/web/19961022174718/https://cdt.org/

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https://c.im/@kkarhan/116545831412720815

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I'd ban them if it was my decision!

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If The New York Times, The Atlantic, ans USA Today are preventing archiving or caching of their content, perhaps Mastodon and Misskey administrators should be denying these publishers from trending.

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If The New York Times, The Atlantic, ans USA Today are preventing archiving or caching of their content, perhaps Mastodon and Misskey administrators should be denying these publishers from trending.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://planet.moe/ap/users/116156286094550482/statuses/116545819057619996https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://planet.moe/ap/users/116156286094550482/statuses/116545819057619996Sat, 09 May 2026 17:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 on Sat, 09 May 2026 17:01:24 GMT]]>Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved.

Today, some publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk.

Tell publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ https://www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

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