#newssites — Public Fediverse posts

We are losing vast swathes of our digital past, and copyright stops us saving it

It is hard to imagine the world without the Web. Collectively, we routinely access billions of Web pages without thinking about it. But we often take it for granted that the material we want to access will be there, both now and in the future. We all hit the dreaded “404 not found” error from time to time, but merely pass on to other pages. What we tend to ignore […]

#BrewsterKahle #governmentSites #InternetArchive #newsSites #pewResearch #publishers #report #webPages #wikipedia #worldWideWeb

https://walledculture.org/we-are-losing-vast-swathes-of-our-digital-past-and-copyright-stops-us-saving-it/

"The closure of #newsSites underscores just how fragile the history of #digitaljournalism is. Archiving wasn’t perfect in the analog days, but publishers held onto back issues for history & for reference.
Even if a publisher saves everything on their website, the record can still have gaps. The interconnectedness that defines the web and empowers widespread sharing of stories & ideas makes the process of preservation +complex"
https://niemanreports.org/articles/saving-the-first-draft-of-history/

Honestly. Can all #newssites and #newspeople that have now started acoounts here do us a couple of favours? First use CW on #news posts for the love of God.

Also consider stop using public instances and just set up an instance for your mediahouse instead. Both se we can better know that it's you, but also so we that are out of spoons can just opt out of your content.

Ktxbaaaaai.