This internet librarian is on a mission to archive the web before it is deleted
With more information available only on the web, there are concerns it may easily vanish
24 January 2021 • 12:00pm
Mark Graham fears that valuable parts of human history are being wiped out before our eyes.
As the director of the Wayback Machine, a website that records how individual webpages have changed over time, he is acutely aware of how important it is to keep a record of what is being posted - and where.
He has seen changes ranging from a benign spelling correction, to edits in government websites, to the dismantling of media outlets by dictators.