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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."
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday November 30 2016, @06:53PM
There you go I was channeling a little Trump there, trying to control the social media story cycle and get engagement by going off on a mostly true yet somewhat ridiculous tangent that would be super exciting out of context while bringing attention to my main longer format point. Meanwhile my competitor trying to push the meme story about 3d generative art for sale isn't getting the social media love (nothing personal, was actually a pretty cool story, but for the sake of example it gets stepped on, pity because its a good story). So its win win for me. It was a self referential comment in attempting however poorly to implement the activity itself not just talk about it in an abstract sense.