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

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: 3, Insightful) by Bot on Wednesday November 30 2016, @03:23PM

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday November 30 2016, @03:23PM (#434930) Journal

    The problem is that you still rely on the goodwill of a government.
    What if Canada elects a right wing hardliner too? Especially if Trump manages to come up with short term benefits for its citizens (Hitler could do it, Mussolini too).

    I say, go ipfs, gnunet, torrent, whatever. Help shaping a new internet. The old has devolved into just another playground for the ones with the bigger pipes. And they will surely don't mind some DDoS if the flip side is control.

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:05PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:05PM (#435149) Journal

    I say, go ipfs, gnunet, torrent, whatever. Help shaping a new internet. The old has devolved into just another playground for the ones with the bigger pipes. And they will surely don't mind some DDoS if the flip side is control.

    That makes sense, Bot. How do we shape a new internet with pipes that the same old demons can't control?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @10:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @10:30AM (#435370)

    So what are they supposed to do? Build a data center on the moon? I doubt they have the necessary money for that.