4 more essential tips for using the Wayback Machine

How to bulk archive pages, compare changes, and see when elements of a page were archived

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I just published a new investigation at ProPublica. It digs into OBN, a mysterious fraudster who says he made hundreds of thousands of dollars by exploiting Instagram’s security gaps. He’s eluded Meta and law enforcement, but we followed his trail to Las Vegas. Read all about this notorious Instascammer and the community of people like him here. And as always, feel free to get in touch.

The previous edition of Digital Investigations offered advice for getting the most out of the Wayback Machine. Now I’m back with even more tips, thanks to an interview with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine…

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