>>> Efforts to preserve information on .gov and .mil websites before Trump assumes power are in full swing. Scientists, archivists, and activists (myself included) are Hoovering up unreal amounts of online material that will clash with the millionaire reality-TV star's ideology and his love of secrecy.
The idea of a new administration pulling down reports, databases, portions of websites, and even entire websites
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isn't theoretical. It happened under the George W. Bush administration, during the heyday of the original Memory Hole. Back then, I managed to repost a bunch of what was lost. I'll be doing the same with Trump.
As an example of what could happen, here are links to the archived Bush-era pages at the first Memory Hole:
Deleted Government Map of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [2002]
Bush Administration Removes Health Info from Federal Websites [2002]
Department of Education to Delete Years of Research From Its Website [2002]
Material From the Disbanded Advisory Committee of the National Nuclear Safety Administration [2003]
Adverse Events Log Pulled From FDA Website [2003]
Deleted Documents from the Air Intelligence Agency [2004]
The Forfeiture Documents That the Justice Dept Wanted to Destroy [2004]
Reports Purged From the Website of the Civil Rights Commission [2005]
Deleted Webpages from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [2006]