Why digital government records are so hard to preserve
History depends on records that weren’t built to last Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats
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Scientific American
2 Jul 2026 5 hours ago 1 min read
Scientific American — 2 July 2026
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Why digital government records are so hard to preserve
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History depends on records that weren’t built to last Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Arch