Google's shutdown of its URL Shortener service marks the impending disappearance of billions of confidential web links, rendering an entire decade of digital content inaccessible.
The fragility of the internet presents a growing threat to our digital history, mirroring the catastrophic loss of knowledge exemplified by the destruction of the Library of Alexandria.
As more social networks fail and digital business models collapse, the inevitability of ‘link rot’ escalates, signaling an alarming decay of our shared online archive.
The accessibility of web content is dwindling fast; when links malfunction, content fades away, and opportunities for historical reflection diminish.
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