The Internet Archive is in danger
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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More than 900 billion webpages are preserved on The Wayback Machine, a history of humanity online. Now, copyright lawsuits could wipe it out.
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| 0:50.0 | Republican congresswoman Elise Stefani represents New York's 21st Congressional District. |
| 0:56.0 | She is one of President-elect Donald Trump's most loyal supporters. |
| 1:00.6 | And that loyalty has been rewarded. |
| 1:03.8 | Trump has picked Stefonic to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1:08.0 | when his new administration takes office in 13 days. |
| 1:12.4 | Now, yesterday happens to be the fourth anniversary of the January 6th, 2021 riots and attacks on the United States Congress. |
| 1:21.8 | The certification of Trump's win went smoothly yesterday, his 2024 win. |
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