The Internet Archive is the largest digital library, preserving over one trillion archived web pages through its Wayback Machine. Recent actions by publishers to block the Internet Archive threaten the preservation of the web's historical record.

News publishers are restricting access to the Internet Archive due to concerns over AI scraping of their content. The Internet Archive's crawlers capture webpage snapshots, which are accessible via the Wayback Machine, potentially exposing publishers' material to unauthorized use by AI models.