As we previously reported, the backlash from conservatives was swift after the Washington Post ran a hit piece Tuesday written by Taylor Lorenz in which the “technology reporter” outed and trashed the popular “Libs of TikTok” Twitter account, essentially branding them harmful to society for the apparent crime of simply reposting TikTok videos of radical leftist public school “educators” in their own words bragging about the indoctrination tactics they use on their young students.
Lorenz engaged in some doxxing to get personal data about LoTT’s account. It also included harassing family membersAt their residences. While Lorenz is obviously a staunch proponent of using such tactics against her targets – most of who are private citizens, when the shoe is on the other foot she erupts into tear fests during interviews to portray herself as a victim of “unfair” online harassment. If you missed her MSNBC appearance in April, here’s a brief clip.
NEW: Taylor Lorenz claims she’s suffered “severePTSD” as a journalist, and gives an interview to MSNBC pic.twitter.com/G9FymoSdH8
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) April 1, 2022
As we also noted, the Washington Post’s way of addressing the outrage that ensued after the article went live was to dig an even deeper hole by repeatedly lying on Twitter and to reporters about what they did and did not do in obtaining and publishing the information about LoTT.
Lorenz was not the only thing that happened on Tuesday. This has left many users wondering what else could have happened to Lorenz. The archive of Lorenz’s Twitter feed was found to be inaccessible when one tried to access it through the Internet Archive “Wayback Machine.” CNS News editor Rob Shimshock was the first to report on it:
An online library service was unable to access screenshots taken by Taylor Lorenz from the Washington Post’s Twitter account. Lorenz had previously emailed the address and identity of an individual who laughed at leftists via Twitter.
When users attempted on Tuesday to view screenshots of Lorenz’s Twitter account as it appeared on past days and at past times using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, the website returned the message “Sorry. This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.”
He took a screengrab from what he was seeing:
Taylor Lorenz’s twitter feed was “excluded”, as per the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
Internet Archive has stated that its mission is “to provide universal access to all knowledge.” pic.twitter.com/j9CI9aqymt
— Rob Shimshock (@ShimshockAndAwe) April 20, 2022
At the time of writing, it is still the same. one searches their archive for Lorenz’s past tweets. You can find it on another website. web archive services.
Other Twitter users were quick to point out how Internet Archive bills itself as trying to preserve history despite the efforts of others to try and “change history” – while soliciting donations:
Not to mention they literally ask for money and state the reason as “they are trying to change history” pic.twitter.com/680kQFwBRt
— fedaykin reepicheep (@dumbreepicheep) April 20, 2022
Though Internet Archive hasn’t responded yet to inquiries about what or who prompted the feed to be inaccessible (and why), as well as how long it has been that way and if it will remain that way, my speculation is that it was Lorenz herself who likely made the request of the service to exclude her from its archive function. On their “Using the Wayback Machine” page, they provide details on how people can request exclusion (italicized emphasis by me):
Why isn’t the site I’m looking for in the archive?
It is possible that some sites were not included due to the fact that the automated crawlers weren’t aware of them at the time they crawled. It’s also possible that some sites were not archived because they were password protected, blocked by robots.txt, or otherwise inaccessible to our automated systems. Owners of sites might also request that they be removed from the Wayback Machine.
How can I exclude or remove my site’s pages from the Wayback Machine?
To have your email reviewed by us, you can submit an inquiry via email [email protected]In the body of your message, include the URL (web-adresse)
My hunch would prove that Lorenz is happy to have it both way. Example: Lorenz’s retweeting by Andy Ngo, an independent journalist describes as a “violent extremist” and member of Antifa bragging about saving tweets LoTT has allegedly deleted:
Another example of hypocrisy. Pure Ls pic.twitter.com/M4YxwY0Qgm
— Kian 🇮🇪 (@KianjRyan) April 20, 2022
If it wasn’t her who requested it, Internet Archive needs to explain itself and the sooner the better.
Related: Tucker Carlson Trounces the WaPo Over ‘Libs of Tik Tok’ Doxxing as Only He Can, Reveals Disturbing Info
This post was last modified on April 22, 2022 12:35 pm
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