BBC News: Can the Internet Archive Save Our Digital History?

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“A Time Machine for the Web” — the BBC just released a must-watch video on the Internet Archive and why our mission matters more than ever.

Inside the Internet Archive’s San Francisco headquarters, you’ll find racks of servers preserving humanity’s digital memory — from old websites to disappearing government data, books to historic videotapes.

“We are a digital library for our times — and hopefully, for all times,” says Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine.

But preserving access to information isn’t color correction easy. From political pressure to digital vanishing acts, the work of saving knowledge requires both care and courage.

In a time when websites can be taken down overnight — from climate change pages to stories celebrating diversity — the Wayback Machine ensures they’re not lost forever.

Former Air Force engineer Jessica Peterson, whose achievements were erased from the live web:

“I didn’t know [the Wayback Machine] existed… It gave me some relief.”