The Vanishing Act of Government Data: Archivists to the Rescue
2025-04-02
For three decades, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has archived vast amounts of government websites and datasets crucial for research. However, various US administrations have deleted data, notably during Trump's presidency, where thousands of web pages and databases were taken down. While some data has been restored, keywords like "climate change" were purged. Harvard Law School's Library Innovation Lab has created a backup of Data.gov's 16TB archive and continues to update it, highlighting the crucial role of digital archives in preserving knowledge.
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