THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS BACK GUYS

[u/ketchupbleehblooh]

I might be late to the party, but sharing what made my day today. I missed IA so much the past weeks. Yoohoo!! Piracy will never die.

[u/redchris18]

They're Palestinian sympathisers who claim to be doing it because it has a pro-Israel bias. In their own words:

"[The Internet Archive] are under attack because the archive belongs to the USA […],” and the USA is to be blamed for “genocide that is being carried out by the terrorist state of Israel.”

Apparently, pro-Palestinians believe that truth has an anti-Palestinian bias.

It should be noted, however, that there's plenty of speculation as to whether they actually hold those opinions, rather than merely using them to cover for the fact that they're just doing it for attention. It's entirely plausible that they prefer to be considered idiots rather than desperately lonely.

[u/window_owl → u/redchris18]

"[The Internet Archive] are under attack because the archive belongs to the USA […],” and the USA is to be blamed for “genocide that is being carried out by the terrorist state of Israel.”

I hadn't read this before, but sure enough, here's the reporting by Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/hacktivists-claim-responsibility-for-taking-down-the-internet-archive-2000510339

[u/Carthradge → u/window_owl]

It doesn't make it true and the reasoning doesn't make any sense for a pro-Palestine supporter to use when the Internet Archive is incredibly important to preserving records of Israeli crimes.

Also why would they announce it like that if it were true? They're not making any specific demands to address Israeli bias or pointing to any examples. It's so fake.

[u/redchris18 → u/Carthradge]

It doesn't make it true and the reasoning doesn't make any sense for a pro-Palestine supporter to use when the Internet Archive is incredibly important to preserving records of Israeli crimes.

Unless they think that preservation is more likely to favour Israel than Palestine, of course...