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  "path": "/help/faq-publishers-blocking-the-wayback-machine/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T18:53:26.000Z",
  "site": "https://help.archive.org",
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  "textContent": "Nieman Lab first reported that some publishers and news organizations have begun blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from preserving and providing access to archived versions of their websites. Since then, journalists, digital rights advocates, historians, librarians, and researchers have raised alarms about the long-term consequences of limiting web preservation. What is the Wayback Machine? […]",
  "title": "FAQ: Publishers Blocking the Wayback Machine"
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