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Search finds topic overlap. Wikipedia needs evidential support.
At #Wikimania2026 we demoed Archive Citation Sources: one billion candidate claims from 43.9 million open access articles, matched to what Wikipedia paragraphs actually say.
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/08/03/memory-sharing-is-a-team-sport-internet-archive-europe-at-wikimania-2026/
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"Lock the web open."
That was Brewster Kahle's message at DWeb Camp 2026 in Berlin. An open web isn't a given, it has to be built, protected, and sustained.
Our latest blog reflects on why that matters for digital preservation and the future of online memory.
Read more: https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/07/17/lock-the-web-open-inside-dweb-camp-2026/
📷 Photos: Anton Tal.
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We hosted Davide Eynard and Thomas (TOTO) Bille from Mozilla AI team in Amsterdam this week to talk about what it means to own your AI stack rather than rent it.
One moment: an open source agent turned to the Wayback Machine a dozen times to verify a source. Preserved web history is not nostalgia: it is infrastructure.
Full write-up: https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/07/06/mozilla-ai-at-internet-archive-europe-owning-your-ai-stack/
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A copyright exception you can't use isn't really an exception.
That's the core of our input to the EU copyright review: close the gap between what the law lets libraries and archives do and what they can do in practice.
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Who decides what gets remembered? On 9 June we hosted the Data CARE Festival Fellows at our Amsterdam space for a panel on archives, AI, and whose knowledge gets encoded.
More on our blog: https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/24/when-archives-speak-back-iae-hosts-data-care-festival-fellows-in-amsterdam/
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Most of the Renaissance has never been read.
Around 90% of Renaissance Latin has never been translated into a modern language. Source Library is helping change that, making thousands of historical works accessible to readers worldwide.
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Today is International Archives Day. As publishers block the Wayback Machine over AI concerns, 250+ journalists are urging them to reconsider. Preserving the public record matters.
Sign: savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders #ArchivesForJustice
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Maps are infrastructure too.
At a recent Internet Archive Europe workshop, we explored how OpenStreetMap and MapLibre are building open, community-governed alternatives to proprietary mapping platforms.
Who decides what stays visible, preserved, and accessible?
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/08/maps-are-infrastructure-too/
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This piece by @mmasnick@mastodon.social is 🔥 I kept nodding along more and more. Bravo.
Come to Germany next month (July 8-12) for @dweb@social.coop Camp to continue to build the decentralized web. This year it's in Europe instead of Cali because... reasons...
https://www.liberalism.org/p/enshittification-despotification-and-the-open-internet
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Knowledge Rights 21 has signed the Our Future Memory Statement. "Nearly three decades later, the law has not caught up."
Add your voice: ourfuturememory.org.
Read the KR21 Library Action Plan: https://knowledgerights21.org/library-action-plan/
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Two events in Amsterdam last Friday. One asked us to grieve the networks we've lost. The other marked 15 years of open government. Both asked the same question: who decides what gets remembered?
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/05/27/resurrecting-networks-on-eulogies-dead-tech-and-fifteen-years-of-open-government/
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Join us this Friday to celebrate OpenGovWeek with @openstate@mastodon.nl . Please RSVP on luma so we have an accurate headcount. Look forward to seeing you there! 🎉🎂
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Come celebrate the 15th anniversary of OpenGovWeek at @internetarchiveeurope@toot.community in conjunction with @openstate@mastodon.nl this Friday at IAE HQ in Amsterdam! 🎉 🍰
Please RSVP so we have an accurate headcount.
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The UK's Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance has signed the Our Future Memory Statement. When the main copyright advocacy body for UK libraries and archives adds its name, that means something.
www.ourfuturememory.org
#ProtectOurFutureMemory
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really looking forward to hosting this event later this month. If you're in the neighborhood, come on by and commemorate dead tech, networks and more with your eulogies and memories.
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Digital memory is not a given (someone has to fight for it). 🏛️
Brewster Kahle from Internet Archive Europe joined the Facebook Museum opening to discuss public infrastructure and protocols that enable users to own their data.
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/04/16/digital-memory-is-not-a-given-someone-has-to-fight-for-it/
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https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/04/02/climategpt-is-a-webby-nominee-vote-before-16-april/
ClimateGPT 3+ is nominated for a Webby Award: open-source, renewable-energy-hosted, free for researchers, available in 20 languages. Public AI built on solid data deserves recognition. Vote by April 16.
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/
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Our Program Manager Beatrice Murch speaks Tuesday 31 March at Cultural Heritage Under Attack, hosted by the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study.
And sign the Our Future Memory Statement: https://ourfuturememory.org/full-statement/
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Why can't we let Facebook go?
On 10 April, @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org joins the opening of the Facebook Museum at Evoluon, Eindhoven — for a conversation about digital memory, big tech, and who really owns your online past.
📅 10 April | 17:30 CET | Eindhoven
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Next week at #CloudFest2026, @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org takes the main stage to mark a milestone: one trillion webpages preserved by the Internet Archive.
The real question: will the next trillion be possible?
📅 26 March, 4:20 PM CET, Main Stage, Europa-Park
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On 2 March, we co-hosted an event in Amsterdam on open heritage, alongside Creative Commons & Open Nederland. Panels covering everything from the Rijksmuseum's digitisation journey to UNESCO's Memory of the World programme.
👉 https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/03/11/opening-up-heritage-reflections-on-our-amsterdam-event/
#ProtectOurFutureMemory
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Getting ready to celebrate the Dutch Public Domain at the University of Leiden with Dutch #GLAM orgs and people. Looking forward to complete immersion. @openculture@toot.community @kbnationalebibliotheek@mastodon.social @Wikimedia_Nederland@mastodon.nl @opennl@mastodon.nl @beeldengeluid@mastodon.social @NetwerkDigitaalErfgoed@mastodon.nl @europeana@glammr.us
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https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/03/05/the-moving-image-a-book-talk-with-peter-kaufman/
On 13 March, we host Peter Kaufman (MIT) in Amsterdam to talk about his new book The Moving Image — production, rights, citation, preservation, and why all of it matters.
Free event, registration required https://luma.com/r1juuo1s
📅 13 March, 3–5 PM CET 📍 Amsterdam
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It was such a pleasure and an honor to be included in celebrating Free Software here in Europe. Thank you to everyone involved to make it a fantastic part of a larger international event. @tommi@pan.rent @nicorikken@mastodon.nl @mayel @Holly@pan.rent
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It was such a pleasure and an honor to be included in celebrating Free Software here in Europe. Thank you to everyone involved to make it a fantastic part of a larger international event. @tommi@pan.rent @nicorikken@mastodon.nl @mayel @Holly@pan.rent
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From manuscripts to web archives, Humans of AI documents how AI can strengthen access to Europe’s digital heritage, when grounded in transparency and public interest.
Report: https://informationlabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/7-information-labs-report-Humans-of-AI.pdf
Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRWD_q7S1GKsBaDFHWo1AO0TJfpM4rosE
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So inspired to be here in Berlin taking with community members about building DWeb Camp later this July. @dweb@social.coop
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Larissa did a bang up job on her presentation “Internet Archive: Research & Method Use Cases” and @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org was on hand to answer some Q&A. In case you missed it, watch it on the archive.
https://archive.org/details/research-method-use-cases-of-wayback-machine
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Full house at this afternoon’s borrel at AMS HQ. Wonderful to meet up with so many interesting people working on creative projects and inventive solutions to some of today’s challenges. #dweb #internet #archiving #freeculture #decentralization
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How do researchers, journalists & artists work with the Wayback Machine?
At a recent gathering in Amsterdam, we explored how web archives support digital investigations, platform research & media art — and how we can build better tools & collaborations.
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/18/ways-of-working-with-the-wayback-machine/
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We had a great gathering for I ❤️ Free Software Day #ilovefs in Amsterdam! We had a simultaneous Dutch and English reading of a
Ada & Zangemann by @kirschner@mastodon.social of @fsfe@mastodon.social. Afterwards we had a discussion with @tommi@pan.rent and @mayel of @Bonfire . It was such a pleasure to work with @nicorikken@mastodon.nl and @Holly@pan.rent . Thank you to everyone who came for the afternoon and brought their kids! Great to read to the next generation.
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We are ready for I ❤️ Free Software Day #ilovefs in Amsterdam! Looking forward to a wonderful double event with FSFE and Bonfire. @tommi@pan.rent @nicorikken@mastodon.nl @mayel
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RE: @tommi@pan.rent
Happy I Love Free Software Day 💕 - I do have @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org socks 🧦 on, but it’s cold so am wearing thick boots 🥾 as I wait for the train to Amsterdam. See everyone there this afternoon.
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The #OurFutureMemory movement keeps growing. We’re proud to welcome the International Council on Archives (ICA) as a signatory reinforcing that memory must remain a public good in the digital age.
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/13/our-future-memory-welcomes-the-international-council-on-archives-ica-as-the-movement-keeps-on-growing/
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Super looking forward to meeting people in Berlin and getting #DWebCamp organized. July's going to be great!
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It was a distinct pleasure to welcome @jwyg@post.lurk.org to our headquarters in Amsterdam for his book talk on his newly released book "Public Data Cultures". Thank you to everyone who came, listened intently, asked intelligent questions, bought his book and created a wonderful community event on Monday.
Check our his book to buy your own copy and check out our events listings for future events. We hope to welcome you soon.
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So excited to be at @fosdem@fosstodon.org with @dweb@social.coop and our awesome team of volunteers @tommi@pan.rent @JeroenBaten@mastodon.nl @blmurch@mastodon.online and Jeff and Beth to educate people about the work Internet Archive Europe is doing and DWeb camp in July. Thank you to the community for an incredible day and your unexpected but highly appreciated and anonymous cash donations!
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Internet Archive Europe at #FOSDEM2026: Let's Meet in Brussels!
Visit our stand on Saturday, 31 January, and spot us around FOSDEM on Sunday, 1 February
📍 Where: K2-A-11, ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels
🔗 More info: https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/01/22/internet-archive-europe-at-fosdem-2026-lets-meet-in-brussels/
#FOSDEM #OpenSource
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Many thanks to @internetsociety@techpolicy.social for hosting a great workshop where @blmurch@mastodon.online shared lessons from @internetarchiveeurope@toot.community She jumped into an impromptu discussion about connecting wider research communities to historical Internet data as part of the Internet Data Trust work. If you’re working with web archives or historical datasets, I’d love to hear your experiences and ideas — please share below. #InternetArchive #WebArchives #InternetData #Research #DataTrust #DigitalPreservation
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We had an amazing launch of our new headquarters in Amsterdam. Thank you to everyone who made it a fantastic afternoon and it was a beautiful sunny day! Such great luck. Sebastian’s photos did a great job capturing the atmosphere and enthusiasm. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ter-burg/albums/72177720329142407/
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Today at LIBER 2025 in Lausanne, we launched Our Future Memory—a campaign to guarantee libraries & archives the digital rights to collect, preserve, lend & cooperate.
Stand with us: ourfuturememory.org
#ProtectOurFutureMemory
https://www.internetarchive.eu/protecting-the-past-to-power-the-future-internet-archive-europe-launches-the-our-future-memory-campaign/