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# Brewster Kahle


## Brewster Kahle


[Kahle](http://%40brewster@mastodon.archive.org/), Founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive. Member, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Internet Hall of Fame


## Brewster Kahle


* ![A prompt is seen to remove the Twitter app from an Apple iPhone 13 Pro in Washington, DC, on Nov. 28, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb671c196f6bdc14/698a38b6db2987afcc268898/Deleting-Twitter-Musk-Digital-Ownership-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 13, 2022  
### [Amid Musk's Chaotic Reign at Twitter, Our Digital History Is at Risk](https://time.com/6240415/twitter-digital-history-at-risk/)  
"Free societies need access to history, unaltered by changing corporate or political interests," wri...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Book shelves](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39c68a65b7be3d35/698a1df9d075334acce6c117/GettyImages-577674005.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 22, 2021  
### [I Set Out to Build the Next Library of Alexandria. Now I Wonder: Will There Be Libraries in 25 Years?](https://time.com/6108581/internet-archive-future-books/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  

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