Promotional graphic for a live online event titled “Preserving the Web in the Age of AI.” The design features a dark green and teal background with futuristic accents. Event details read: “April 28th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, ONLINE.” Text explains that as publishers block archiving in response to AI, the event will explore what happens to the web’s memory, access, and accountability. Speakers include Mike Masnick (Techdirt), Mark Graham (Internet Archive), and Kendra Albert (Albert Sellars LLP), with headshots of each speaker shown. The right side includes a stylized, retro-futuristic illustration of computers, books, and digital media. The bottom right reads “Future Knowledge Podcast Live Recording,” with Internet Archive and Authors Alliance logos displayed.

🚨 LIVE ONLINE EVENT 🚨

Publishers vs. preservation: what happens when the web can’t be archived? Find out on PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI, a LIVE Future Knowledge #podcast recording 🎙️

📆 Tues, April 28
🕙 10 AM–11 AM PDT/🕐 1 PM–2PM EDT
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/preserving...

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 265: Jason Millar on Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, and the Governance Crisis in Frontier AI - Michael Geist In a year in which AI has truly dominated much of the news cycle, the story of Anthropic’s Mythos may be the biggest story of them all. A version of the popular Claude AI service is reportedly so…

In a year in which AI has dominated much of the news cycle, the story of Anthropic’s Mythos and the cybersecurity concerns may be the biggest story of them all. Jason Miller joins the Law Bytes podcast to talk about Mythos and the AI governance challenges.

Michael Geist (@mgeist.bsky.social) Bill C-22, three days of House debate: - One paragraph on mandatory metadata retention - A process answer on encryption back doors - An admission this is only "a first step" - A defence of the lower…

Lawful access is back on the House agenda today for a fourth day of debate. My summary of the first three days and the many concerns that remain unanswered.

Screenshot of the website of Internet Archive Canada displaying the top of an article titled COPPUL Joins the Global Movement to Protect Digital Rights for Memory Institutions. First paragraph reads: We are pleased to share that the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) has signed the Statement on Digital Rights for Protecting Memory Institutions Online, joining a growing international coalition of libraries, archives, museums, and advocacy organizations committed to protecting the digital future of our shared cultural heritage.

🇨🇦 Canada’s Council of Prairie & Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) has joined a global movement to protect digital rights for libraries, archives & museums supporting access, preservation & heritage online.📚

Learn more ⤵️
internetarchivecanada.org/2026/04/07/c...

@internetarchiveca.bsky.social

📢 Journalists: Have you used the Wayback Machine in your research or reporting? Share your story & support: ➡️ www.savethearchive.com/journalists/

100+ Journalists Applaud the Internet Archive’s Role In Preserving the Public Record Rachel Maddow declares the Archive a “national treasure” as uncertainty mounts on whether today’s journalism will be preserved for future generations. Photos by Kenyatta Thomas Over 100 journalists in...

“We cannot let the shortsighted pursuit of profit or AI training exclusivity strangle this irreplaceable resource. It’s important for journalists to speak up now and defend the archive.”
- @liaholland.bsky.social

Full statement : www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04...

The Internet's Most Powerful #Archiving Tool Is in Peril (via @wired.com) www.wired.com/story/the-in... #archives #webarchives #digipres #publishers @archive.org

Flier for the WNYC Public Song Project with a QR code.

🎶 The #PublicSongProject is back for 2026! WNYC invites everyone to create songs inspired by the #publicdomain. Remix, reinterpret, or reimagine & be heard on @wnyc.org & the #InternetArchive.

📅 Submit by May 10

📝 Submission form, rules & more info ⤵️
www.wnyc.org/story/2026-p...

#publicradio

Call: A rare and highly strategic opportunity at the intersection of AI and the humanities!

The Met is opening postdoctoral positions to explore how AI can reshape research, collections, and audience engagement.

Deadline: April 15, 2026

#DigitalHumanities
👉 www.nyfa.org/jobs/job-inf...

Call to Action: Preservation of #Government #Information publicinformationtrust.org #govdocs #govinfo #libraries #archives

Took place at @masseyhall.bsky.social (obviously before the renovations :)).

An historic images of many beetle specimens

Join us for #BHLDay2026: “Towards a Biodiversity Data Ecosystem Built on BHL Data” a public symposium exploring how biodiversity literature powers data, research, and discovery.

📅 Wed 29 April; 2-5pm BST
📍 London + Online
🎟️ View the program + register: bit.ly/bhlday2026

We’re excited to announce a new partnership with the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario!
Explore a growing collection of historical newspapers documenting the lived experiences of immigrant and racialized communities across Canada.
internetarchivecanada.org/2026/03/31/p...

Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is. Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Ar…

Blocking archives risks harming the public record.

Some news organizations are restricting access to the #WaybackMachine over fears of AI scraping. Mark Graham explains why these concerns are unfounded.

Get the story on Techdirt 🔗
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p...

@mark.bsky.social #techdirt

The most complete archive of your life may belong to a commercial tech company. What could go wrong? /s

Vauhini Vara explores how search engines & AI are shaping memory & identity in her book SEARCHES, now on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 ⬇️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/sea...

Square promotional graphic with a soft-focus background of stacked newspapers. Large yellow headline reads “National Summit,” with black text below: “On Local News Preservation.” Along the bottom are logos for Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE), the Internet Archive, and the Poynter Institute.

📰 The future of local news depends on what we preserve today.

Join the Internet Archive, Poynter Institute, and Investigative Reporters and Editors for the National Summit on Local News Preservation.

📅 June 17, 2026
📍 National Harbor, MD
🎟️ 🆓 blog.archive.org/2026/03/23/n...

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Coalition for Canadian Digital Heritage invites you to participate in a national survey exploring digitization capacity across Canadian GLAM institutions. If you have not already done so, please complete it by April 3, 2026.
survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_...

Internet Archive's digital librarian, @Brewster.Kahle.org, discusses the fight to preserve humanity’s knowledge against closed platforms & digital decay with a global, open library.

Watch the ATG Podcast with Michael Upshall ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ-R...

@chashub.bsky.social

The Facebook case involving Cambridge Analytica is before the Supreme Court of Canada being argued this morning. Major issues involving consent and interpretation of Canadian privacy law at stake. Stream available at www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie...

Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet…

New post from Joe Mullin, EFF's Sr. Policy Analyst: Publishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because they fear AI scraping. This is a misguided notion: it won’t stop AI, but it will erase the web’s historical record.

@eff.org has the story ⤵️
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Now" and "OSCARS.ORG". Below is a Wayback Machine capture of the Oscars website from December 29th, 1996, alongside one from March 8, 2026.

🎬 The #Oscars celebrate movie history, but their website has a history too.

Take a trip back to the early web with this vintage capture of oscars․org, preserved in the #WaybackMachine.

See how Hollywood’s biggest night's site appeared online 30 years ago ⤵️
web.archive.org/web/19961229...

Listen to Jennifer Waits from the Internet Archive's Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC) on @sfu.ca community radio station.
www.cjsf.ca/news/cjsf-fe.... Check out the collection here: archive.org/details/dlarc.

The Moving Image: A Book Talk with Peter Kaufman - Internet Archive Europe On Friday, 13 March, Internet Archive Europe welcomes MIT's Peter Kaufman to our Amsterdam HQ for a conversation about the medium that now carries most of human knowledge: video. Event details 📅 Date:...

On 13 March, we host Peter Kaufman (MIT) in Amsterdam to talk about his new book The Moving Image — production, rights, citation, preservation, and why all of it matters.
Free event, registration required luma.com/r1juuo1s
🔗 www.internetarchive.eu/2026/03/05/t...
📅 13 March, 3–5 PM CET 📍 Amsterdam

A man with a small brush mustache and a bowler hat stands on a porch during the winter.

John Bush was a train porter living in Lakeview (now #Mississauga) from around 1923 to until his death in 1948. Read more about him and two other residents: archive.org/details/thre...

#ACAHashtagParty #ArchivesBlackHistory

A Year of Threats to Our Public Information — Data + Screening Tools Over the past year, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to remove public access to federal data, information, and tools. The fields of climate, health, environment, and justice have been p...

@publicenvirodata.bsky.social post summing up 2025. A year of threats, but also a year of resistance and hope.

screening-tools.com/blog/a-year-...

We’re excited to announce the Call for Submissions for GovInfo Day(s) Spring 2026, as we celebrate 25 years of government information advocacy, collaboration, and impact. May 7 (hybrid)–8 (in-person), 2026, in Vancouver, BC.
internetarchivecanada.org/2026/02/23/c...

Civic Tech Toronto Meetup #531 event poster. Tuesday, February 24 at 7pm, in person and online. Speaker: Daniel Liadsky presenting "A Happy Accident: Toronto Drop-in Recreation Finder." The poster features a headshot of Daniel Liadsky, a person with glasses and a gray beard wearing a light-colored shirt. The title text appears in white on a gradient background transitioning from green at the top to teal at the bottom. The Civic Tech Toronto logo (a stylized city hall with code brackets) appears in teal at the top left.

👉 Tue Feb 24 → 7pm • in-person & online

Testing AI tools led to building recfinderto.ca. Daniel Liadsky shares the unexpected journey and real lessons from rapid prototyping.

✚ discussions & breakouts!

guild.host/events/civic...

2026-02-12: How to archive web pages in bulk using the Internet Archive Google Sheets service The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.

How to archive web pages in bulk using the Internet Archive Google Sheets service
ws-dl.blogspot.com/2026/02/2026...

Coalition for Canadian Digital Heritage – Survey on Digitization Capacity across Canadian Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_...

Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is. Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Ar…

Wayback Machine director Mark Graham pushes back on unfounded claims from media organizations that the Wayback Machine is a backdoor for AI scraping.⁠
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Read more via @techdirt.com 🔗 www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p...