Mass data deletion is a call to digital preservation action
When administrations erase or quietly remove public data sets, it’s not just bureaucratic housekeeping — it’s a threat to transparency, accountability and the collective memory of society.
Opinion by: Phil Mataras, founder and chief executive officer at AR.io
Let’s stop pretending that data just disappears. It doesn’t. It’s deleted, erased, buried and more often than not, done deliberately.
Every time a new administration seizes power, priorities are reshuffled. This is to be expected, but what is unacceptable is the quiet, coordinated disappearance of public information. It can already be seen, particularly in the United States, and at a pace that should alarm anyone who cares about truth.