Web Evidence

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Content drift: working links whose evidence has changed | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: A working URL is not proof that the evidence is still there. This article explains content drift, how silent edits differ from broken links, and why dated captures and version records are the only workaround.

Preserving context when only screenshots remain | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: A screenshot can preserve the visible appearance of a lost page, but without URLs, timestamps, surrounding pages, and provenance it is weak evidence about what the original actually was.