Sean Rameswaram

So let's just have you start by saying your name and what it is you do.

Which is a not-for-profit that has been preserving the web since 1996. Journalists use it all the time. But for the uninitiated, I asked Mark to show us around the Internet Archive.

Which is a not-for-profit that has been preserving the web since 1996. Journalists use it all the time. But for the uninitiated, I asked Mark to show us around the Internet Archive.

Which is a not-for-profit that has been preserving the web since 1996. Journalists use it all the time. But for the uninitiated, I asked Mark to show us around the Internet Archive.

So with that example, with MTV News, give us a sense of what you guys were doing in advance of that website going down to make sure that people could find out, you know, I don't know, what Everlast was singing about in 2004.

So with that example, with MTV News, give us a sense of what you guys were doing in advance of that website going down to make sure that people could find out, you know, I don't know, what Everlast was singing about in 2004.

So with that example, with MTV News, give us a sense of what you guys were doing in advance of that website going down to make sure that people could find out, you know, I don't know, what Everlast was singing about in 2004.

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.