# Internet Archive Adds Fact Checks To Explain Web Page Takedowns

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-adds-fact-checks-to-explain-web-page-takedowns/161164>\
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**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-adds-fact-checks-to-explain-web-page-takedowns/161164 "2020-11-03T14:34:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-adds-fact-checks-to-explain-web-page-takedowns/161164/1 "2020-11-03T14:34:20Z")

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[AmiMoJo](https://tech.slashdot.org/~AmiMoJo) writes:

_Fact checking is increasingly a mainstay of the modern internet, and that now includes “dead” web pages. The Internet Archive has [started adding fact checks and context to Wayback Machine pages](https://www.engadget.com/internet-archive-wayback-machine-220412145.html) to explain just why they were removed. If a page was part of a disinformation campaign or pulled due to a policy violation, a [conspicuous yellow banner](https://blog.archive.org/2020/10/30/fact-checks-and-context-for-wayback-machine-pages/) will explain as much. The checks come from a variety of well-established outlets, including [FactCheck.org](http://FactCheck.org), Politifact, the AP and the Washington Post._

 

_The archivists saw the fact checks as striking a balance between historical preservation and acknowledging the problems with resurfacing false info. It hoped users would “better understand what they are reading” in the archives. It’s also striving for neutrality – one banner for context explained that including a page in the Wayback Machine “should not be seen” as endorsing the content._