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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away (theonion.com)

submitted 5 days ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] Smith6612@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I know the IA has mentioned in the past they have projects in place to try to back up their archive. I hope their backup plans are true, and if they are attacked by the US, they can relocate to a new safe haven and come back online quickly. The IA has been such a wonderful resource for research and accountability.

I suppose the major bit of hope I have about the IA is with their partnership with the Library of Congress.

As for ISPs shutting down Torrent users, I suspect they would do that strictly based on bandwidth usage alone. I know my local Cable company will send nastygrams if they see you using a disproportionate amount of bandwidth compared to other customers. I've seen them also shut down Business Internet accounts for doing the exact same thing!