points by sfoley 1 day ago | 0 comments
Weren't they also caught modifying their "archived" content?
[–] throw0101c 1 day ago
On modifying bits, see perhaps this comment from a discussion ~8 months ago:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092006#47100204
* https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-a...
[–] mahboi 1 day ago
Hm, someone in the first thread mentioned a Reddit cofounder did something like this too
[–] iamnothere 1 day ago
Yes, and archiving as a practice became popular when people noticed that media sites were beginning to edit or delete articles without listing a correction, sometimes after the story had already circulated widely. Previously, editors would usually make a note of such things.
(This is why archives that bypass paywalls are particularly important. I wish we had more options here.)
(ofc this is a risk with the Wayback Machine, who also has a policy for honoring takedown request. But the Internet Archive's board and executives are known people with reputations)