The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It - The New York Times
- Author: Tiffany Hsu
- Full Title: The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It - The New York Times
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- Tags: #current_events #archiving
- URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/technology/trump-history-websites.html
Highlights
- . A key source of federal funding for public records depositories nationwide, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, was named in an executive order calling for its elimination “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law” (its acting director said he planned to “restore focus on patriotism”). As the U.S. Agency for International Development was being gutted, a senior official told employees to shred or burn classified documents and personnel files. (View Highlight)
- Data Foundation, a think tank, said in a report last month that changes in federal evidence gathering are coinciding with similar shifts in the private data sector. Those include more than 2,000 layoffs and other departures in March and several analysis firms shutting down entirely. A year ago, Google also removed links to cached pages from its search results, stripping away a longtime feature that helped researchers and others track changes on websites. (View Highlight)