Sean Rameswaram

I want to talk about government websites now because that's sort of the reason we're having this conversation today. I think most people probably think the government will take care of archiving government websites. But here we are in a new administration and websites are disappearing, coming back online, and people are worried. When you, an archivist of the internet, see government websites –

I want to talk about government websites now because that's sort of the reason we're having this conversation today. I think most people probably think the government will take care of archiving government websites. But here we are in a new administration and websites are disappearing, coming back online, and people are worried. When you, an archivist of the internet, see government websites –

I want to talk about government websites now because that's sort of the reason we're having this conversation today. I think most people probably think the government will take care of archiving government websites. But here we are in a new administration and websites are disappearing, coming back online, and people are worried. When you, an archivist of the internet, see government websites –

disappearing, coming back online, becoming unreliable. How do you react to that? Is that like better or worse than regular websites that are non-governmental going offline?

disappearing, coming back online, becoming unreliable. How do you react to that? Is that like better or worse than regular websites that are non-governmental going offline?

disappearing, coming back online, becoming unreliable. How do you react to that? Is that like better or worse than regular websites that are non-governmental going offline?

Were you caught off guard when you saw the new administration removing web pages, removing websites?

Were you caught off guard when you saw the new administration removing web pages, removing websites?

Were you caught off guard when you saw the new administration removing web pages, removing websites?

You're saying, you know, the WhiteHouse.gov site obviously changes administration to administration. I think to some degree people understand that, that Joe Biden's administration probably wouldn't have been posting trolly valentines about immigration, you know, a year ago this time to their Instagram account. But what we're seeing here is –

You're saying, you know, the WhiteHouse.gov site obviously changes administration to administration. I think to some degree people understand that, that Joe Biden's administration probably wouldn't have been posting trolly valentines about immigration, you know, a year ago this time to their Instagram account. But what we're seeing here is –

You're saying, you know, the WhiteHouse.gov site obviously changes administration to administration. I think to some degree people understand that, that Joe Biden's administration probably wouldn't have been posting trolly valentines about immigration, you know, a year ago this time to their Instagram account. But what we're seeing here is –

is websites that people need, websites that record public health information going offline, briefly, permanently, what have you.

is websites that people need, websites that record public health information going offline, briefly, permanently, what have you.

is websites that people need, websites that record public health information going offline, briefly, permanently, what have you.

Is that a different degree of sort of erasing the historical record or messing with the historical record than we've seen?

Is that a different degree of sort of erasing the historical record or messing with the historical record than we've seen?

Is that a different degree of sort of erasing the historical record or messing with the historical record than we've seen?

The Wayback Machine, the Internet Archive, mostly funded through donations, the generosity of people, institutions, even governments. Is that going to be enough to archive the Internet to the extent that, you know, future generations will want to see and need?

The Wayback Machine, the Internet Archive, mostly funded through donations, the generosity of people, institutions, even governments. Is that going to be enough to archive the Internet to the extent that, you know, future generations will want to see and need?