The Internet Archive is warning users about debunked 'zombie' coronavirus misinformation
The Internet Archive is alerting users when they've clicked on some stories that were debunked or taken down on the live web, following reports that people were spreading false coronavirus information through its Wayback Machine.
As NBC reporter Brandy Zadrozny noted on Twitter, the site includes a bright banner on one popular Medium post that was removed as misinformation. Its video archive also creates friction by making users log in to see some videos containing false information, like a reposted version of the conspiracy documentary Plandemic. These videos also include critical comments from Wayback Machine director Mark Graham who described the warnings to Zadrozny as an example of the "importance and value of context in archiving."
What critical thinking? Wayback Machine is now complicit in Big Tech censorship:
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by fyngyrz on Tuesday May 26 2020, @08:28PM (7 children)
Some of this shite you should probably have to pass both a critical thinking test and achieve a 110+ score on a dynamic IQ test before viewing.
The quality of general Internet stuff — and in many case, that translates literally to the factual accuracy of it — is amazingly low.
Seems to me like requiring an account is a pretty low bar.
They're not a government operation; they have no obligation to have a particular door policy as far as I know.
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Junk - stuff we throw away. Stuff - junk we keep.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday May 26 2020, @08:39PM (6 children)
And I have no obligation to donate [archive.org] to an archive that is adding unnecessary "friction" to suppress political content.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday May 26 2020, @09:15PM (2 children)
It is a bit sad that you consider deliberate misinformation to be "political content", and the effort to show it for what it really is to be "suppression".
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday May 26 2020, @09:38PM (1 child)
People can decide for themselves whether or not "Plandemic" is deliberate misinformation.
It's just the beginning. Now that IA has opened the door, there will be a flood of complaints about lots of other content until more stuff gets gated away or deleted.
I didn't mention the banner, which is a separate thing. DeathMonkey says it's extra information. Fair enough.
Requiring a login to view political content is merely a nuisance designed to add "friction" as The Verge notes. The quarantined content will simply be viewed less often as a result. It's a "feature" that doesn't improve the Internet Archive experience.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday May 26 2020, @09:54PM
Plandemic is deliberate misinformation. The people who make it are lying liars, whose trousers are currently combusting.
The Internet Archive is ensuring that people who might want to view the video from their site are aware of this.
Telling giant porkies is not political speech, and pointing the lies out is not suppression.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Tuesday May 26 2020, @11:59PM (2 children)
You are absolutely under no obligation donate to those guys. In fact, you definitely shouldn't.
Now that we've got that settled and you have that extra money burning a hole in your pocket, I suggest a *worthy* charity: The NotSanguine Lifestyle Enhancement Fund.
While it isn't tax deductible, you won't find a more grateful and greater good producing place for your donation.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday May 27 2020, @12:16AM (1 child)
Only if I receive a photo of you using a LifeStraw in a dirty puddle.
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(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday May 27 2020, @04:41AM
So you can upload to a site archived by the Wayback machine? No thanks!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr