Opinion
When administrations erase or quietly remove public data sets, it’s not just bureaucratic housekeeping — it’s a threat to transparency, accountability and the collective memory of society.
Phil Mataras
Phil Mataras is the founder and CEO of AR.io, an Arweave-based permanent cloud network that enables users to store data securely on a “pay once, store forever” model. A former KPMG digital architect and SharePoint architecture and administration team lead, Phil is passionate about data privacy and security.
Mass data deletion is a call to digital preservation action