Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said that while the nonprofit organization has always functioned as a library, this new designation makes it easier to work with the other federal depository libraries. That, he said, is a service to everyone.
“ I think there is a great deal of excitement to have an organization such as the Internet Archive, which has physical collections of materials, but is really known mostly for being accessible as part of the internet,” Kahle said. “And helping integrate these materials into things like Wikipedia, so that the whole internet ecosystem gets stronger as digital learners get closer access into the government materials.”
I can’t see anything good coming from this
This doesn’t change anything about the ownership, governance, or control of the Internet Archive. It literally just means that all official government documents go to them for archiving. This is cool and neat and raises the profile of the Internet Archive, but other than that it doesn’t really mean anything. Trump has exactly as much control over it now as he did before: none.
Well, good. I hope it stays that way and I’ll be cautiously optimistic it’s actually a good thing. Thank you for the information.
How so? As far as I can tell all this means is they’re added to a list of official places storing public documents. Beyond the slight bragging rights, slightly increased sense of legitimacy in upcoming lawsuits and… I guess the server costs? this seems pretty neutral. I don’t even think you need the official designation to actually store the documents in question.
Lookup who the current dictator is of the US and you’ll have your answer.
So nothing good can come from this.
Why?
Donald Trump.
How does that follow? Again I ask, you are aware that the US government has more than one person in it, right?
Ah yes. Lets not forget about the other one, felon musk
I’m inclined to consider it a honeypot tbh. Its too damn sus that the US government suddenly likes something like this.
You… know the US government isn’t a person, right?
From what I hear as an outsider it‘s a bunch of fucking losers for the most part. Feel free to correct me if I‘m wrong, though.
“US says”
When you see a title like that, what do you assume?
Nothing. I read what the article below the title says, then I check it somewhere else for good measure.
You really don’t need to take a hard stance every time you see two words somewhere. It is allowed to withhold judgement until you figure out what the hell you’re looking at.
Guys fast! Save everything that annoys Trump, fast!
Trump has exactly as much control over it now as he did before: none. It literally just means that all official government documents go to them for archiving. This is cool and neat and raises the profile of the Internet Archive, but other than that it doesn’t really mean anything. Trump can of course do some undemocratic shenanigans to them, but no more or less than he could before this designation.
Yes, but undemocratic shenanigans arent rare
Again, it doesn’t matter for this news. The ease of undemocratic shenanigans toward the Internet Archive has not changed.
Seems like a terrible idea given what our federal government has become.
The Federal government gets no control over the Internet Archive through this designation.
Uh huh. Sure thing.
I’m not saying Trump wouldn’t try to take such a thing, but this doesn’t give him any more ability to do so than he had before. Obviously he’s willing to be a fascist, so he doesn’t need any change in an organization’s designation to do something undemocratic toward them. He has exactly as much control as he had before. This doesn’t change anything.
This means Trump can finally de-fund them
