The FBI is looking to ascertain the identity of the creator of a long-running archiving site that is used by millions of people all over the world.

Archive.Today is a popular archiving website—similar in many ways to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine—that keeps copies of news articles and government websites that users have submitted. The site can also be used for skirting paywalls. However, it can also be useful for documenting government websites that may be subject to change. The big difference is that the Internet Archive is a transparent and legitimate non-profit that gives websites the option to opt-out of having their content stored on its platform.

If you haven’t heard of Archive.Today, you may have run into mirror sites hosted at Archive.is or Archive.ph.

About a week ago,

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