When Donald Trump stated that the tech industry needs to “close that internet up” to stop the spread of extremism, apparently he scared some of the people at the Internet Archive into action. Fearful of a potential pro-censorship Trump administration, the Internet Archive is establishing a full backup in Canada.
“[Trump’s election] was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long-term, need to design for change,” the Archive stated in a blog post. “For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions.”
This might be overkill for Trump, but the more backups of human knowledge the better.
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I'm not so sure it's a good idea. Canada has vast jurisprudence against "hate" speech, and it's only going to get worse with Junior in power - his father created the present charter of rights and freedom, which grants "collective" rights , and has started the subsidizing of minority groups
Good point, I don't think any single country is the answer. The best solution is decentralization and ultimately hosting the Archive on something like Storj.
Or do like Pirate Bay and have the archive float around (space, air, water)
What do you mean? In this case, the Internet Archive is concerned with censorship in the U.S.