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Except _internet_history_ is no-one's to control; once something is on the internet, it belongs to The People.


Right, like revenge porn and Celebgate! Once someone has seen it online, everyone has the RIGHT to see it until the end of time.


Who gets to decide what is and isn't of historical value?


Well, we have access to letters written by Thomas Jefferson and letters written by Emily Dickinson they probably didn't think we should have. (They were private letters, after all.) But we have a more comprehensive view of these people because of it.




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