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Mass surveillance is on the rise. License plate reader cameras & tools meant for safety can also put people at risk, including those seeking reproductive health care or those targeted by ICE.
On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Cindy Cohn talks with Rainey Reitman about digital safety, surveillance, and why protecting yourself online matters.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/privacys-defender
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💯 Big news! @brewsterkahle, founder & digital librarian of the Internet Archive, has been named to the 2026 Curious 100 by the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity.
Kahle built one of the largest digital libraries in the world, preserving books, websites, music, TV, and software with over 1,250 libraries & universities.
He was recognized for using curiosity to preserve knowledge, drive innovation & shape cultural conversations.
More: https://www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/2026/#brewster-kahle
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New post from Joe Mullin, EFF's Sr. Policy Analyst: Publishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because they fear AI scraping. This is a misguided notion: it won’t stop AI, but it will erase the web’s historical record.
@eff has the story ⤵️
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record
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🎶 3.1415926535… 🎶
For #PiDay, enjoy the first 50 digits of Pi, sung to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
𝝅 It’s one of 56 delightfully nerdy readings of The First Fifty Digits of Pi by LibriVox volunteers, performed in styles & languages from Hebrew & Chinese to Gilbert & Sullivan to Cylon. Real Pi, served with a side of silliness.
🎧 Listen to the full collection ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/pi_0803_librivox
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We love π around here.
In the Great Room at the Internet Archive, the first nine digits of π are mounted on the wall.
A small #PiDay tribute to a very big number. 🥧📚
Here’s Brewster Kahle with 3.14159265… proof that π is part of our architecture.
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To clear up any confusion, this action is not about the Internet Archive, which is at archive.org, or the Wayback Machine.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/wikipedia-blacklists-archive-today-after-alleged-ddos-attack
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📚 How does tech shape our desire to understand & connect?
Join Vauhini Vara, award-winning journalist & author, for a LIVE #booktalk on SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ co-host Luca Messarra.
📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/
Co-hosted by @internetarchive & @AuthorsAlliance
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Wayback Machine director Mark Graham pushes back on unfounded claims from media organizations that the Wayback Machine is a backdoor for AI scraping.
Read more via Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/preserving-the-web-is-not-the-problem-losing-it-is/
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💘Whether yearning or in love, vintage Valentine’s art shows how 💞 were shared.
Charming & sweet, this collection of cards, covers, magazines & books from the past, are preserved for new generations to fall in love with 💌
Revel in the romance ➡️ https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/13/valentines-2026
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Congrats to "THE REALITY ENGINEER" by Konstantin, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅
A comedic short about a scientist who attempts to improve human life by altering reality, only to find that each well-intentioned fix deepens the chaos.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-reality-engineer
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The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!
🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.
Watch the full recording ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright
#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #OpenCulture @AuthorsAlliance
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We've teamed up with Automattic to fight link rot on the open web. Check out the new Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress. The free plugin preserves pages, redirects broken links to archived versions, and helps ensure the web keeps its memory.
“It’s very important that websites have a memory," said Alexander Rose of Automattic. "When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI,”
Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/04/inside-the-new-wayback-machine-plugin-for-wordpress/
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Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books.
Learn more about the collection ➡️ https://blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a-community-curated-nancy-drew-collection/
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Winners have been announced for this year’s Public Domain Film Remix Contest! Congrats to filmmaker Andrea Hale for her winning submission, “Rhapsody, Reimagined” 🎩🎷👯
This year’s contest received more than 270 submissions from creators worldwide. 🌐
🔗 View “Rhapsody, Reimagined” & all of the winners, honorable mentions, finalists & submissions here ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/01/21/2026-public-domain-film-remix-contest
🔗 And thanks to NPR for shining a light on these fantastic creators! ⤵️
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/21/nx-s1-5677702/public-domain-2026-remix-contest-internet-archive-1930
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📢 NEW #LIVESTREAM EVENT TOMORROW! 📡
Watch the winning films & honorable mentions from the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest - live from the @internetarchive!
📅 Weds Jan 21
🕕 7:00–8:00 PM PT
📍ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/livestream-2026-public-domain-film-remix-contest-screening/
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TOMORROW! It's a glamorous night of film, fun & public domain magic at the @internetarchive.
🎬 We’re premiering the winning films & honorable mentions from the 2026 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest, celebrating newly liberated creative works remixed into brand-new cinema.
📅 Weds Jan 21
🕕 6:00–10:00 PM PT
📍300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ $15 ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/event/2026-public-domain-film-remix-screening-party/
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Wikipedia turns 25 today! 🎂📚
To celebrate, we’re looking back at its baby pictures—some of the earliest captures of the site, preserved in the #WaybackMachine.
Take a nostalgic peek at early Wikipedia ⤵️
https://web.archive.org/web/20030301000000*/en.wikipedia.org
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🎊 Celebrate Public Domain Day with us online January 21! Our virtual event brings together artists, librarians, scholars, & creators to explore what happens when culture becomes free again.
Along the way, we’ll revisit iconic characters & stories from 1930 now in the #publicdomain.
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Bob Weir gave us songs to sing and shows to remember. Relive decades of Grateful Dead live recordings in the Live Music Archive. 🌹💀 https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead
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🚨 DEADLINE DAY 🚨 The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest closes today!
🎥 Last chance to submit your 2–3 minute short film utilizing at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930!
📆 Entry deadline: 11:59 PM PT, Jan 7, 2026 —TODAY
💰 First prize: $1,500
🔗 Details 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2026-public-domain-day-remix-contest
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