Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today
created: Nov. 15, 2025, 10:30 a.m. | updated: Nov. 16, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
5 min read14 Nov 2025 UPD: We have updated the article with more information on the bailiff reports sent to us and the person who ordered them.
They demanded that we block the domain archive.today (and its mirrors) in AdGuard DNS, alleging that the site’s admin had refused to remove illegal content since 2023.
Such decisions should be made by a court — a private company shouldn’t have to decide what counts as “illegal” content under threat of legal action.
Since someone was trying to pressure us into taking action, we decided to contact the other side, Archive.today, directly.
Are these bailiff reports real and could it be that this is a case of impersonation of a real person?
2 days, 19 hours ago: Hacker News