Attention, Data Drop! Why a Cologne historian and you need to save reality from Trump!

Imagine: You go online to check the latest climate data or official recommendations on youth health... and zack, The side is gone. Simply deleted. Sounds like the plot of a bad sci-fi movie, or from Orwell's 1984? Unfortunately, the current hard-hitting digital reality in the U.S. is under the Trump administration.

„We are not at war with Oceania, we are at war with Eurasia. The big brother sees you and that's double good!„

Behind the scenes, mountains of scientific archives, health statistics, and even historical facts disappear from official government sites. This is not a coincidence, this is a targeted Data crash – a frontal attack on freedom of information!

When Facts Become Politically Uncool

Since Donald Trump is back in office, a veritable digital clear-cut program has been running. Thousands of pages of federal agencies have simply disappeared. The official order? Anything after DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) or ‘Gender ideology’ Smells, has to go. This applies even to the NSA.

This censorship is particularly aimed at facts that in certain circles as ‘to woke’ shall apply:

• Climate shelf: Suddenly, official portals on climate change and important, legally required National climate reports Just not there anymore. But these reports are super important so that cities and regions know how to prepare for the climate impacts! Scientists sound the alarm: This is one Targeted sabotage scientific foundations.
  
• Health depression: Trump has decreed that only two biological sexes will be recognized. The consequence? The CDC and FDA had important information on adolescent health. spread of HIV and even delete recommendations for the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical trials. Doctors' associations were horrified! Fortunately, a federal judge has stopped the deletion action because it harms ‘normal citizens’.
  
• Historical forgery Light: Even the renowned federal museums are not spared. From the National Museum of American History, all references to Trump's two-time Impeachment proceedings removed. The cases of Nixon, Johnson and Clinton are still there, but there is a gap in Trump's case. Historians warn: This is what history eradication looks like in authoritarian states!

Your hero from Cologne: Digital emergency archaeology

But stop it! Not everyone is watching idly. Luckily, there is an unusual coalition of scientists, archivists, and tech activists who are fighting back. Data rescue project.

One of them is the History of Cologne Sebastian Majstorovic. He sits at his computer and does what you call today. Digital Emergency Archaeology must indicate: He's got everything he can get!

Together with dozens of volunteers, he created a Digital back-up of reality It mirrors hundreds of government databases on external servers. This is a real race against time!

• Who does’s? The network consists of "Nerds who care", As Majstorovic calls it. They use special web crawler tools to scan and copy government pages around the clock for compromised data.
  
• What will be saved? Important studies by the CDC, the CFPB’s public complaint database – even a huge US census database of 200 gigabytes could be secured at the last minute.
  
• The signal: The top is cleared, the bottom is backed up. This is an Civil society resistance In the best sense, which ensures that the nation's digital memory does not simply disappear overnight.

Data is the cornerstone of your democracy

The systematic deletion of data in the USA shows us all how elementary state information is for a functioning society. Whether climate, health or history, these data form the basis for informed policy decisions and factual debates.

Archiving projects such as the Data Rescue Project are thus more than just ‘data rescuers’; They are the Emergency Aid to Democracy. They save facts from political arbitrariness and send a clear signal: Even when governments try to eradicate unwelcome truths, there are people who are determined to transparency and Scientific Integrity enter.

TL:DR

The truth on the net shouldn't go down so easily! This is ensured by data rescuers all over the world. And this is a message that should give us all courage!

Source: Article read on golem.de, the Author Oliver Jessner brings 14 years of experience in software development and entrepreneurship and writes about business, new work, start-ups and AI.