20,000+ Sign Petition Urging The Atlantic, NYT, and USA Today to Restore Wayback Machine Archiving
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Summary
Over 20,000 people have signed a petition calling on The Atlantic, New York Times, and USA Today to allow the Wayback Machine to continue preserving their news stories. The news outlets cited theoretical AI concerns as justification for ending a 30-year practice of independent journalism preservation. The public is urging these organizations to be reasonable and restore access for the Wayback Machine's archiving efforts.
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Major news outlets cited theoretical AI concerns and ended 30 years of journalism preservation.
The public is asking them to be reasonable.
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