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struggle4progress

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3. It seems the disputed archives have disappeared from the Wayback Machine

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 01:27 AM

Apr 2018

... Reid's claim that the posts were fraudulent and the result of a hack was met with immediate and widespread skepticism.

The scrutiny only intensified after a representative for the Internet Archive, a nonprofit dedicated to storing old digital content, said Tuesday that the organization could not verify the claim. Links to Reid's old blog were stored in the Wayback Machine, a service run by the nonprofit ...

... But at some point, unbeknownst to the people working at the Archive, the archives were removed from the Wayback Machine via an automated process ...

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/26/media/joy-reid-hacking-fbi-investigation/index.html

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One Internet Archive Quirk Which May Not Be Relevant [View all] jberryhill Apr 2018 OP

Malcolm Nance, speaking on the Stephanie Miller show GusBob Apr 2018 #1

I know several ways to fool the archives unc70 Apr 2018 #2

It seems the disputed archives have disappeared from the Wayback Machine struggle4progress Apr 2018 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author greyl Apr 2018 #4

Relevant blog posts are also in the LOC archive (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Apr 2018 #5

It would operate the same way relative to externally retrieved content jberryhill Apr 2018 #6

Where is the archive loading the pages from if not from an archived snapshot? Azathoth Apr 2018 #7

....which may not be relevant jberryhill Apr 2018 #8