The Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine is a service of the Internet Archive @internetarchive We are sharing articles that reference the Wayback Machine or the Internet Archive.

[Kevin Kelly @kevin2kelly]

The internet archive's Wayback Machine library is a planetary treasure. It preserves the archive of the web. Don't let publishers take it down. https://t.co/QfKQ3unn4R

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive makes the case for web preservation in The Atlantic. 🌐

In The Internet Needs A Memory, Kahle explains why blocking the Wayback Machine won’t stop AI. It will only make the public record harder to preserve.

Read it 👉 https://t.co/BmAnqD9oh5

@Brewster_Kahle @TheAtlantic

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Who gets to own what we create?

On Educating to Be Human, host Lisa Petrides talks with Internet Archive Senior Policy Counsel Lila Bailey about the tension between knowledge as a shared cultural commons & knowledge controlled through copyright, licensing, and corporate platforms.

They also examine what public knowledge infrastructure could look like, including AI tools built and supported by libraries, schools, and civic institutions.

🎧 Listen to WHO OWNS KNOWLEDGE with Lila Bailey:
https://t.co/Jerg8kojlk

@EdutobeHuman

[The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine]

In 2025: Web pages vanished. Links broke. Public data disappeared. But the @internetarchive kept the receipts.

From investigations by @NewYorker and @nytimes to video features from the @BBC and @CNN, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles.

https://t.co/flddyzAcmm

Full list of press mentions for 2025: https://t.co/an4JYupfhR

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🗂️ Ever seen those tiny images of old documents on sheets of film? That’s microfiche! So, how do those go from film to the Internet Archive? See how these records are digitized at the Physical Archive tour!

It's a once-a-year opportunity to witness preservation processes up close.

📆 Tues, Oct 20
🕕 6–8 PM
📍 IN-PERSON: Richmond, CA
🎟️ https://t.co/su4ZvrreUV

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

The Internet Archive building is 103 years old, but it still looks like it did in 1923. 🏛️ Built as the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, the Internet Archive purchased it in 2009. Same building, totally different mission. 📚

The Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon featured it in its “Then and Now” series. See it and more historic San Francisco photos ⤵️
https://t.co/Ns1Ue9mB8D

@RichmondSunset

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

“Fix the Wayback Machine!”

We’ve heard you. The @waybackmachine has been dealing with waves of high-volume automated traffic. @markgraham, director of the Wayback Machine, explains what’s happening and what we’re doing about it.

➡️ https://t.co/80ajPI5bxC

[The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine]

@stk_25519 Planned PG&E power outage.

Some of our services went down. :-(

They came back. :-)

[The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine]

@ZidanM41 @internetarchive Please share specifics with [email protected] so we can look into this.

[The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine]

@Phil_Lewis_ We made this experimental service based on archives of https://t.co/aCWX6G4YDA from the @internetarchive's Wayback Machine: https://t.co/ESZXz6rrWs

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Much of BET’s digital journalism is no longer available on the live web.

Internet Archive has preserved more than 199,000 BET articles over the years. They can now be accessed through the @waybackmachine & a new pilot explorer: https://t.co/aFmIroV1RO

[The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine]

@daewooarts No. Please share specifics with [email protected].

[The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine]

Dealing with a power outage.

Apologies for the disruption in service.

[The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine]

@Fotoliptofono Please email specifics to [email protected] so we can investigate.

Thank you!

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Builders: here’s a chance to make something new from a massive public archive.

Internet Archive Canada @internetarcCA is offering a $5,000 fellowship to build new tools using 22M+ pages of open Canadian government publications.

Applications close Aug. 21 → https://t.co/UYrfWWu1Si

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🌐 The web changes daily. Too much of it disappears. 🕳️

38% of URLs that existed just 10 years ago are no longer available on the live web.

Internet Archive's @markgraham & @chrisfreeland on why preserving our digital record can't be an afterthought, with Nathan J. Robinson of @curaffairs.

🔗 https://t.co/VLg3vUnNHg

#WaybackMachine @waybackmachine

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Musician and human rights activist Peter Gabriel sent a special congratulatory message to Brewster Kahle, founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive, on being honored as a 2026 Computer History Museum Fellow at the April 25 gala ceremony.

In his message, Gabriel speaks to the importance of preserving and sharing knowledge, work that has defined Kahle’s vision for the Internet Archive.

Watch Gabriel’s message and more on our blog ⤵️
https://t.co/y4p4oTqVKD

#BrewsterKahle #InternetArchive #ComputerHistoryMuseum #CHMFellows #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #PeterGabriel @itspetergabriel @Brewster_Kahle

[Laura Hazard Owen @laurahazardowen]

Several local newspaper companies — USA Today Co., McClatchy, Advance Local, MediaNews Group, and Tribune Publishing — have begun blocking @internetarchive's access.

That's more than 340 U.S. local news sites in all, a new @NiemanLab analysis by @decka227 and @HanaaTameez shows.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Tell the publishers to stop blocking @waybackmachine 🚫🕳️ https://t.co/VMXFADgTf3

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🧵 1️⃣/5️⃣ Announcing Internet Archive Switzerland: Expanding a Global Mission to Preserve Knowledge 🇨🇭🌍

Thirty years ago, Brewster Kahle founded Internet Archive with one goal: Universal Access to All Knowledge. That mission expands with the launch of Internet Archive Switzerland.

Visit Internet Archive Switzerland ➡️ https://t.co/bPriXa74Re