The internet is forgetting itself. Andrea Mills is fighting back. Andrea Mills — Internet Archive Canada lead, founder of Spark Online (1998), and digital…
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The internet is forgetting itself. Andrea Mills is fighting back.
Andrea Mills — Internet Archive Canada lead, founder of Spark Online (1998), and digital preservation veteran — takes the stage at Vancouver AI May 2026 to talk about why the Internet Archive matters more than ever in the age of AI.
From the Wayback Machine to copyright battles over digitized books, Andrea breaks down what's at stake when we let corporations decide what gets remembered and what gets erased. She also announces the AI Builders Fellowship and Internet Archive Canada's growing investment in Vancouver at The Permanent.
Featuring:
• Spark Online — the 1998 magazine exploring electronic consciousness
• Internet Archive's mission: preserving the history of the internet
• Copyright cases and the destruction of digitized books
• AI Builders Fellowship announcement
• Internet Archive Canada HQ at The Permanent, Vancouver
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