Breaking the internet

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Trump administration’s effort to purge government websites is accelerating digital decay. It’s a trend that imperils our record of ourselves. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members A photo illustration of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) website. Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Donald Trump has been back in office for one month, and what a year it's been.
0:10.1	We've covered a lot of Trump, but today explained this past month from pardons to executive
0:14.6	orders to Greenland, to Guantanamo, to tariffs, to Maha, to Elon and Elon and even more
0:20.7	Elon, but today we're going to talk about the websites. DEI is what? to tariffs, to Maha, to Elon and Elon and even more Elon.
0:21.2	But today we're going to talk about the websites.
0:23.6	DEI would have ruined our country and now it's dead.
0:27.6	I think the AI is dead, so they want to scrub the websites, that's okay with me.
0:31.6	Government webpages are disappearing.
0:34.6	Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't. And it's part of a greater problem
0:38.6	we have online. Some call it digital decay. Others call it link rot. Whatever you call it, our internet
0:44.6	is disappearing. And we're going to help you understand why it matters and what we can do about it
0:49.7	on the show today.
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