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===Archived website removal===
===Archived website removal===
{{Main|Internet Archive/Blocked companies}}
{{Main|Internet Archive/Blocked companies}}
The Archive accepts DMCA takedown requests of websites whose owners no longer want their sites archived<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bixenspan |first=David |date=2018-11-28 |title=When the Internet Archive Forgets |url=https://gizmodo.com/when-the-internet-archive-forgets-1830462131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805030527/https://gizmodo.com/when-the-internet-archive-forgets-1830462131 |archive-date=2025-08-05 |access-date=2025-08-31 |work=[[Gizmodo]]}}</ref> causing certain sites to be inaccessible.
The Archive accepts DMCA takedown requests of websites whose owners no longer want their sites archived<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bixenspan |first=David |date=28 Nov 2018 |title=When the Internet Archive Forgets |url=https://gizmodo.com/when-the-internet-archive-forgets-1830462131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250805030527/https://gizmodo.com/when-the-internet-archive-forgets-1830462131 |archive-date=5 Aug 2025 |access-date=31 Aug 2025 |website=Gizmodo}}</ref> causing certain sites to be inaccessible.


The Internet Archive ''used'' to hide material covered by robots.txt restrictions but that was changed on April 17, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Mark |date=2017-04-17 |title=Robots.txt meant for search engines don’t work well for web archives |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-search-engines-dont-work-well-for-web-archives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417131508/http://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-search-engines-dont-work-well-for-web-archives/ |archive-date=2017-04-17 |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref>
The Internet Archive ''used'' to hide material covered by robots.txt restrictions but that was changed on April 17, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Mark |date=2017-04-17 |title=Robots.txt meant for search engines don’t work well for web archives |url=https://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-search-engines-dont-work-well-for-web-archives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417131508/http://blog.archive.org/2017/04/17/robots-txt-meant-for-search-engines-dont-work-well-for-web-archives/ |archive-date=2017-04-17 |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=Internet Archive}}</ref>