SRC and SciOp -- Safeguarding digital artefacts under threat

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Conference paper (unpublished)
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Waites, William
Date published
October 22, 2025
Abstract
When the current US administration took power this past January there was an alarming ideologically motivated campaign of removing, altering or restricting access to government data and web sites, particularly those relating to public health, climate change and/or gender. In response, community efforts arose to prevent this vital information from falling down the memory hole. Safeguarding Research and Culture is one such effort and SciOp is a new kind of data catalogue and distribution infrastructure -- one that is decentralised so that no single entity can deprive us of our collective memory.
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Open and Engaged 2025: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
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The attached files include the slides and recording of this paper and an edited transcript. The transcript can be viewed using a text editor such as Notepad or used for subtitles. Part of Lightning talks: Sharing responsibly while navigating risks, ethics, and community needs. Open and Engaged 2025: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
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