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Archiving The Black Web
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Archiving the Black Web (ATBW) is a call to action to create more equitable, accessible, and ethical web archiving practices to document the Black experience online. Posts by @bergisjules.bsky.social & @zzcollier.bsky.social archivingtheblackweb.org
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Archiving The Black Web @atbw.bsky.social · Jun 25
Launching in Summer/Fall 2025, ATBW’s Freedom School for Web Archiving is a six-part introductory webinar series open to anyone interested in learning how to archive Black culture as it exists on the web today! RSVP: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/ #ATBW
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NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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bergisjules.bsky.social
Archiving the Black Web @atbw.bsky.social has two learning opportunities coming up soon. Sign up to find out when applications are available.

Web Archiving School: bit.ly/warc-2026-si...

Information Integrity and Web Archiving Fellowship: tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa
October 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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bergisjules.bsky.social
We are excited to announce the @atbw.bsky.social /
@theonyximpact.bsky.social
Information Integrity & Web Archiving Fellowship. An opportunity for journalists and other media workers to learn more about archiving digital content. Sign up here to know when the application opens: tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa
A digital poster with information about the Archiving the Black Web and Onyx Impact fellowship for journalists and media workers. There is also a like to this form to sign up for updates: tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa
October 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
atbw.bsky.social
Calling journalists and media professionals interested in digital preservation and information integrity! We are excited to announce the ATBW/Onyx Impact @theonyximpact.bsky.social
Information Integrity & Web Archiving Fellowship. Sign up to know when applications open. tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa
A digital poster with information and a link about the Information Integrity and Web Archiving Fellowship, a 2026 collaborative fellowship offered by Archiving the Black Web and Onyx Impact for journalists and media professionals. tinyurl.com/ATBW-IIWA
October 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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bergisjules.bsky.social
Applications open soon for the second Web Archiving School co-hort. Our fellowship aims to create a new generation of web archiving practitioners dedicated to documenting the Black experience. Sign up today to receive reminders and updates on the application: bit.ly/warc-2026-si...
A digital poster with information and a link (bit.ly/warc-2026-signup) about signing up to receive reminders and updates for release of the 2026 web archiving school application.
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
atbw.bsky.social
Left of Black | Black Twitter and the Future of Black Journalism with Dr. Meredith D. Clark youtu.be/GUvSEX1a_4Y?...
Left of Black | Black Twitter & the Future of Black Journalism with Dr. Meredith D. Clark
YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
It only took me 2.5 hours but I figured out how to give 50 free views with this link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PTY45...

I'm sorry I can't share the other essays in the forum which are probably less cynical than mine - but the paywall is paywalling. And yes, I know about the typo 🤪
June 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
atbw.bsky.social
Launching in Summer/Fall 2025, ATBW’s Freedom School for Web Archiving is a six-part introductory webinar series open to anyone interested in learning how to archive Black culture as it exists on the web today! RSVP: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/ #ATBW
June 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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jasooooon.bsky.social
my latest for @wired.com takes a look at the rising movement among black “memory workers” who are fighting against trump’s war on history www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It
Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history, but grassroots organizers are launching a resistance.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
Huge shout out to @jasooooon.bsky.social for writing this very important story for @wired.com . Also love to see @atbw.bsky.social and @bergisjules.bsky.social get light for the very important work they are and have been doing for years. ✊🏾

Blacksky is memory work 🖤
In spite of the administration's purge, Rudy Fraser, the creator of Blacksky, says he is "heartened by preservation efforts" he's seen so far, including from Harvard Law Library's Innovation Lab -which is rescuing federal datasets-and companies such as loy Media, which leverage Al and VR/AR to scan and annotate African artifacts, making them accessible to people on the continent who otherwise can't view them. In 2023, Fraser launched Blacksky, the custom feed and moderation service that quickly turned into the central meeting ground for many Black users on Bluesky. He tells me he also views Blacksky as a living archive. Currently its database holds 17 million posts from Black users over the last two years (excluding deletions and moderation removals). "Because the AT Protocol is public and Blacksky's implementation is open source, anyone with the technical chops could reconstruct the dataset-minus moderation actions-even if our primary databases disappeared," he says. "Open source, decentralized tooling ensures that, if any single company becomes a nation-state target, the communities that rely on its infrastructure can keep operating."
May 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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bergisjules.bsky.social
Happening Now-@atbw.bsky.social event: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web with @docdre.distributedblackness.net, @rudyfraser.com, @meredithdclark.bsky.social. Join the conversation here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
zoom.us
April 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
Let’s goooo @sjjphd.bsky.social
Archiving The Black Web’s panel discussion “A Black History of the Web” 🖤
Sarah Jackson on screen during her talk in a panel “A Black History of the Web” alongside a few other speakers: Charlton McIlwain, NYU Catherine Knight Steele, University of Maryland Tonia Sutherland, UCLA Sinnamon Love, BIPOC Adult Collective
April 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
I'm currently attending the opening of @atbw.bsky.social's Web Archiving School (giving keynote) so it's very timely to talk about internet archives!
Additionally we're currently living through a digital book burning!
The Trump admin is actively erasing both IRL and online artifacts of our history
A federal website watered down the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman's descendant wants to know why.
Rita Daniels, the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, said she was “devastated” when she saw the National Park Service had softened language on its website.
www.nbcnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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sinnamonlove.blacksky.app
Tomorrow I’m presenting at Archiving the Black Web on “Archiving the Erotic”—Black sex workers as digital pioneers, how respectability and policy threaten cultural memory, and why folks should be listening to us. #BlackWeb #EroticArchives #SexWorkIsWork
atbw.bsky.social Archiving The Black Web @atbw.bsky.social · Apr 22
Join us for this Archiving the Black Web virtual conversation: A Black History of the Web and Archiving Our Existence. Wednesday, April 30th, 11am-12:30pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...
A digital poster with information for an Archiving the Black Web event. A Black History of the Web and Archiving Our Existence. Wednesday, April 30th, 11am-12:30pm EST
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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dorothyjberry.bsky.social
Now more than ever
Me, a very light skinned Black woman in black wire glasses and big hair holding up a black poster that says "THERE IS NOTHING MORE EPHEMERAL THAN A WEBSITE" in gold ink
March 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
atbw.bsky.social
Join us for this Archiving the Black Web keynote conversation (in-person + virtual): Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. Wednesday, April 30th, 6pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...
A digital poster for an Archiving the Black Web keynote conversation: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. Wednesday, April 30th, 6pm EST
April 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
atbw.bsky.social
Join us for this Archiving the Black Web virtual conversation: A Black History of the Web and Archiving Our Existence. Wednesday, April 30th, 11am-12:30pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...
A digital poster with information for an Archiving the Black Web event. A Black History of the Web and Archiving Our Existence. Wednesday, April 30th, 11am-12:30pm EST
April 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
A good entry point for the curious blog.rudyfraser.com/an-internet-...

Will basically be saying similar things at a keynote panel for @atbw.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...

And have an interview coming out with @flipboard.com's Dot Social podcast in a few weeks about the same.
An internet of many autonomous communities
Making communities a true part of the protocol will encourage others to build things for those communities, start new communities, and hopefully foster models for self-sustainability.
blog.rudyfraser.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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rude1.blacksky.team
very very excited to be in conversation with these legends and in community with folks at @atbw.bsky.social
(also looking forward to maybe finally seeing the Black side of Atlanta? -- only ever been in Buckhead)
2025 ARCHIVING THE BLACK WEB PRESENTS... TOWARDS REALIZING SAFETY FOR BLACK PEOPLE ON THE WEB Rudy Fraser BlackSky Dr. Andre Brock Georgia Tech Dr. Meredith D. Clark UNC Chapel Hill WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2025 6:00PM EDT AUBURN AVENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY 101 AUBURN AVE NE, ATLANTA, GA 30303 AT B W archiving the Black web Auburn Avenue Research Library HYBRID EVENT IN PERSON + VIRTUAL
April 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
atbw.bsky.social
New date for our Introduction to Web Archiving workshop. March 26th, 2025 at 3pm. Apologies for the schedule change. RSVP here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/event/
Poster for Introduction to Web Archiving Workshop on March 26th, 2025 at 3pm EST.
March 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
atbw.bsky.social
Join us on February 26th, 2025 for our first workshop of the year: Introduction to Web Archiving. Registration information here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/event/
Events – ATBW
www.archivingtheblackweb.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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bergisjules.bsky.social
An @atbw.bsky.social workshop on using @webrecorder.net’s browsertrix for web archiving and general information about saving your content from the web and social media platforms youtu.be/qAni3lVZFNw?...
ATBW X Webrecorder: Webarchiving with Browsertrix
YouTube video by Archiving The Black Web
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January 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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sinnamonlove.blacksky.app
I am currently archiving my 30 yr career in the sex industry as part of the @atbw.bsky.social at Northeastern.

As part of this project, I’m submitting an article to @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social on “archiving the erotic” w/ @softhomothug.bsky.social

www.archivingtheblackweb.org/research-ini...
Research Initiative – ATBW
www.archivingtheblackweb.org
January 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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sinnamonlove.blacksky.app
I’m excited to work with @softhomothug.bsky.social to introduce a framework for archiving digital sex wor. Grateful to @atbw.bsky.social for supporting my research and @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social for expressing interest in this work. 🤲🏽
January 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
atbw.bsky.social
Applications now open for our Web Archiving School. We’re looking for Fellows, Instructors, and Teaching Assistants. Deadline to apply is January 31st, 2025. www.archivingtheblackweb.org/warc-school/
WArc School – ATBW
www.archivingtheblackweb.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM