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Internet Archive to Duplicate Data in Canada in Response to Trump's Election

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday November 30 2016, @01:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can-never-have-too-many-offsite-backups-eh dept.

takyon writes:

The Internet Archive plans to create a backup of its data in Canada in response to the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States:

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit that saves copies of old web pages, is creating a backup of its database in Canada, in response to the election of Donald Trump. "On November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change," the organization wrote in a blogpost explaining the move. "It was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long-term, need to design for change."

[...] The move will cost millions, according to the Internet Archive, which is soliciting donations. In their post, the Internet Archive justified its decision to backup its data in Canada, claiming that Trump could threaten an open internet. "For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions."

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by takyon on Wednesday November 30 2016, @02:55PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday November 30 2016, @02:55PM (#434915) Journal

    Backing up a huge archive is a good move even if there was no political motivation attached, and I'll be continuing to donate to Internet Archive.

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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday December 01 2016, @05:19AM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday December 01 2016, @05:19AM (#435278) Homepage Journal

    Yet the best they could do was find Canada. One would think they would at least Europe if they actually had disaster mitigation in mind.

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday December 01 2016, @05:32AM

      by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday December 01 2016, @05:32AM (#435285) Journal

      What's gonna happen to the U.S. and Canada simultaneously? A Yellowstone megaeruption?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @06:09AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @06:09AM (#435298)

        Anschluß.

      • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday December 01 2016, @07:10AM

        by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday December 01 2016, @07:10AM (#435317) Homepage Journal

        You do know there are at least 6 continents and internet is not a north American thing? Choosing Canada looks like navel gazing from the world outside of North America.

        • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @10:21AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @10:21AM (#435365)

          You do know there are at least 6 continents

          I think the number of continents on earth is a settled question.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @11:09AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @11:09AM (#435384)

          Agreed, Mexico is connected to the Internet too.

        • (Score: 1) by mrpg on Saturday December 03 2016, @12:23AM

          by mrpg (5708) Subscriber Badge <{mrpg} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Saturday December 03 2016, @12:23AM (#436335) Homepage

          Maybe it's because it's easier to travel from San Francisco to Canada than to Ireland :-(