Is there a documented case of archive.org changing an archived page?

submitted by HiddenFox from self.AskSaidIt

Basically what the titled says. Just wondering if there is any proof of them going back and making a "correction".

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[–]Goingoutforawalk 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Over the years I've read a few people claim the web page they archived on a controversial subject had been deleted.

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, and they censored information regarding the scamdemic, but OP asked specifically about edits.

[–]Goingoutforawalk 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If deletions occur so can edits to a URL. These are related.

[–]xoenix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That woke journalist Taylor Lorenz is related to the guy who owned the internet archive, and she got him to remove content about her to cover up that she's from a family with shitloads of money. I'm too lazy to search this but it should be findable.

[–]BumBumCock 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Someone said so on Reddit once, iirc. Not sure how legit it was. Can they do that though? Tamper with archived stuff?

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Who archives the archiver?

[–]EternalSunset 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They have blocked the archived version of the World Economic Forum's page showing the first public list of the organization's donors.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But at least they didn't edit it to take names off or something. It's about trusting what we see on the internet but it changes all the time.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hard to tell with pages from that dump of a site taking 2-3 minutes to load.

Seriously, those neckbeards need some new technology. The potato battery / TRS-80 Sqlite port aren't cutting it.