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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: 1) by khallow on Wednesday November 30 2016, @07:42PM
(Score: 3, Insightful) by edIII on Wednesday November 30 2016, @09:23PM
AGAIN, you feel the need to speak out of your fucking ass.
The child emperor just made his ridiculous assertion (as a soon to be President, not average Joe Fuckwad) that he should be able to strip citizenship (which is absolutely impossible) over a Constitutionally protected act of protest burning a U.S flag.
His entire campaign was long string of Twitter'd butthurt about how he can't make the bad people in the media stop reporting truth about him. Basically, anything the child emperor does not like is illegal, and anything illegal cannot be illegal when the child emperor does it. He should be able to fire the lawyerpult at any time and just "make" those people stop talking through force, by whatever legal means, that he says he will *create* for himself since they don't exist to his satisfaction. Which by the way, is the only thing that truly means anything to him; His satisfaction above all others.
We don't make this fucking shit up. Considering how irrational and unhinged this man is, and how many other irrational, unhinged, and hateful people he is putting into government (Destroying Social Security, Medicare, and bringing back CHILD LABOR), we HAVE HUGE REASONS TO BE CONCERNED.
Not to long ago an idiot FBI agent shut down an entire fucking data center along with hundreds of other unrelated businesses, because the "Genus" concluded they must be "in on it" simply due to proximity. Just what the fuck do you think Trump could do with his cronies and an executive order? We may be paranoid, but that doesn't mean Trump isn't the enemy of all that is good and free WITH HIS STATEMENTS.
The Internet Archive isn't overreacting at all. There has been a tremendous investment in it, and it makes no sense to to let it be subjected to the Trump administration without a backup plan. Trump HATES any articles and information that doesn't directly influence his profits upwards, or that he doesn't like for whatever reason. It's not unreasonable to say that the Internet Archive might be a target if it contains anything about Trump that he doesn't like. If they want to refuse on principles any requests to delete and/or modify information, it makes sense to distance themselves from an extremely toxic and anti-freedom Trump administration soon to darken our country. They're not even leaving the U.S, but just putting up a backup in Canada. So hardly overreacting, under any circumstances.
I too am looking for data center space in Canada or Mexico. Anybody operating a business that stores customer data might be looking to do the same thing, especially when the business model is considered de facto terrorism like zero knowledge services. Anything controversial should just leave the country NOW before they are truly subjected to his corrupt will. I want to be able to tell my clients that their encrypted backups cannot be lost due to Trump, and the worst case scenario is a trip to Canada to retrieve their business data safely.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by khallow on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:30PM
(Score: 3, Informative) by edIII on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:40PM
Get a grip? You're mentioning Jill Stein's fundraising efforts for a recount in a response about the Internet Archive and censorship. Segue-way much?
What the fuck are you smoking, or did you respond to the right post? Jill Stein has nothing to fucking do with the stark reality of a freedom of speech, freedom of expression, etc. being under attack by the child emperor you helped grant power towards.
Again, this about your outlandish statements of an overreaction and that things need to "sold" or "spun". It's none of those things, but a reasonable reaction to the toxic environment created for freedom and our principles. Although, I may have misspoke with "ours", since I don't think you find much value in the tenets of our freedom.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by khallow on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:47PM
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by edIII on Wednesday November 30 2016, @11:13PM
You didn't explain shit, you stupid fuck.
I made the assertion that it isn't an overreaction simply based upon the statements of Trump, and the views of the people he is giving power towards.
YOU came back with Jill Stein and the recount effort. So how about you contribute, beyond killing yourself for posterity's sake, and explain how that has fuck all to do with the Internet Archive and the ongoing attacks upon Free Speech by the child emperor?
Like I said, Segue-way. So what the fuck are you smoking?
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @03:17AM
Today we learn that people born after 1980, less than one third think it is essential to live in a democracy. [pri.org] Shit is going sideways. Trump isn't the cause, he's a symptom that hastens the infection to stage 3.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 01 2016, @07:48AM
When they see a 'democracy' is no better than all the other corrupt regimes, who is surprised by this?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 30 2016, @11:42PM
the worst case scenario is a trip to Canada
The worst case scenario is there won't be a Canada.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday December 01 2016, @01:08AM
No, then the worst case scenario then is the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve is no more leading to the suicides of pancake and waffle lovers the world over.
Let's not joke about losing Canada, eh?
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 30 2016, @09:37PM
This is still basically right after the election. If they had announced it on Nov. 9th, it would have drowned out by other news.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Wednesday November 30 2016, @10:48PM