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The internet’s memory problem

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The internet is where much of our modern cultural, societal and political history is stored, but as researchers are discovering, the internet has a big memory problem.

Without businesses paying to keep servers and archives up, more and more of our history online is disappearing forever.

We take a look at what this so called 'link rot' means for our collective understanding.

Produced and presented by Frey Lindsay

(Image: A man looking confused at his phone. Credit: Getty Images)

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