“This is really going to impact institutions that we take for granted,” Internet Archive director of archiving and data services Jefferson Bailey told the Standard, “like our museums, our historical societies, our public libraries, our academic libraries — just a lot of people that keep information free and accessible and online.”

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    5 days ago

    “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.”

    George Orwell, 1984

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      I think people are going to find that, with the existence of the internet, it’s a lot more difficult to completely remove things from the collective memory. Won’t stop them from trying though.

      Unless they pull some “Great Firewall” shit. And even then… That said, it does seem like they only need ~30% of the population to believe it, and they have that shit locked down.