How the Internet Archive Creates a Digital Record of Every Piece of Content Online

Published: May 22, 2021, 6:42 p.m.

b'In 1996, the Internet Archive began to create a record of the Internet itself, archiving and preserving all the content published online. Since then, the non-profit organization has been on a mission to make knowledge universally accessible by digitizing and archiving every type of content: newspapers, books, audio recordings, videos, images and even software programs. Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, joins Mike and John in a lively discussion about how it all began and why creating this archive is so important.'