Worried about censorship, the non-profit Internet Archive intends to store a backup of the archive in … Canada.
Because the United States has gotten so crazy, so divorced from reality, so eager to surrender to the custody of a mad proto-fascist, that the backup needs to be beyond the government’s reach.
As Donald Trump careens towards the Oval Office, promising jail time for flag-burners along the way, an organization that archives the internet for anyone to peruse aims to create a full backup in Canada in order to protect the digital library from censorship.
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“[Trump’s election] was a firm reminder that institutions like ours, built for the long-term, need to design for change,” the Archive stated in a blog post. “For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions.”
During his campaign, Trump appeared to favor a hardline stance on internet censorship when he stated that the tech industry needs to “close that internet up” to stop the spread of extremism.
“Somebody will say, ‘Oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech,’” Trump said at the time. “These are foolish people.”
I don’t fault the Archive for moving its materials beyond Trump’s reach; he is mad, overtly hostile to American ideals, and commands legions of ignoramuses.
I do wonder, though: Am I the only person who recalls that everything from artwork to orphans were once sent here to keep them safe?