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Web Archivists Scrambling To Save US Public Data From Deletion

Since coming back to power President Donald Trump has embarked on a campaign to erase or modify government databases on weather records, AIDS prevention and care and references to ethnic or gender minorities (Credit: AFP)

As President Donald Trump's administration purges public records since storming back to power, experts and volunteers are preserving thousands of web pages and government sites devoted to climate change, health or LGBTQ rights and other issues.

Resources on AIDS prevention and care, weather records, references to ethnic or gender minorities: numerous databases were destroyed or modified after Trump signed an executive order in January declaring diversity, equality and inclusion programs and policies within the federal governmentto be illegal.

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