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An archive preserving the fragile history of the digital age

Clip: 1/2/2017 | 9m 12s

A digital library with the mission of preserving all the information on the World Wide Web

What’s online doesn’t necessarily last forever. Content on the Internet is revised and deleted all the time. Hyperlinks “rot,” and with them goes history, lost in space. With that in mind, Brewster Kahle set out to develop the Internet Archive, a digital library with the mission of preserving all the information on the World Wide Web, for all who wish to explore. Jeffrey Brown reports.

01/02/2017 | Rating NR

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