Avoiding the Internet Achilles’ heel: locking the web open with Onion Services ↪
Meet some of the Tor development team at their presentation of “Avoiding the Internet Achilles’ heel: locking the web open with Onion Services”, we will have an informal meetup with drinks and nibbles afterwards.
📅 8 October, 17:30 – 19:30 CEST – RSVP via Luma

Conversation on Ethics, Technology, and the Limits of Critique ↪
Join us online on 9 October at 18:00 for a conversation between Morgane Billuart and philosophers of technology Jordi Viader Guerrero and Darryl Cressman on Ethics, Technology, and the Limits of Critique. ​The conversation takes The Heat of Others, Morgane Billuart’s novel, as a starting point for a broader discussion around technology, ethics, governance and the limits of critique. The sold out event will be Live Streamed and uploaded to the Archive for posterity.
📅 9 October, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Hybrid)

Book Talk on Maps as Media by Alex Gekker ↪
Professor Alex Gekker from the University of Amsterdam will present his book Maps as Media, and afterwards we will have an informal book signing with drinks and nibbles
📅 13 October, 17:30 – 19:00 CEST – RSVP via Luma

Book Talk on The Library of the Incalculable by Dr Payal Arora ↪
Dr. Payal Arora will present her new book, The Library of the Incalculable with V2 Lab for the Unstable Media, followed by a moderated panel conversation with Bei Wang and Emily Tucker, exploring themes from the book in relation to their own work, and finally we will close with drinks and bites. 
📅 18 November, 17:30 – 19:30 CEST – RSVP via Luma

LocHal Open Source Event ↪
Internet Archive Europe will participate in the LocHal Open Source Event 2026 event in Tilburg. Stop by our stand for stickers and information, and come hear Internet Archive’s Digital Librarian Brewster Kahle speak on the Digital Commons.
📅 21 November, 10:00 – 16:00 – LocHal Tilburg, NL

In June, more than 500 builders, researchers, archivists, artists, and technologists gathered near Berlin for DWeb Camp 2026, the first European edition in the event’s ten year history. Co hosted by the Internet Archive, the Department of Decentralization, and Internet Archive Europe, the five day gathering explored decentralised technology, public AI, local networks, open social platforms, and community owned infrastructure.

The camp was an opportunity to connect with a wider community working toward a more open and resilient web. From Brewster Kahle’s opening call to “lock the web open” to hands on workshops and informal conversations, the week highlighted the importance of collaboration, shared infrastructure, and keeping knowledge accessible.

One year on and over 70 signatories world-wide, the “Our Future Memory” campaign continues to grow. We are now thrilled to announce that several prominent institutions have joined the campaign:  International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has joined the campaign, Wikimedia Foundation and Creative Commons. We encourage GLAM institutions to join the movement.

This campaign centers on a simple premise: memory institutions must retain online the same rights and responsibilities they have historically exercised offline. To achieve this, we have articulated four fundamental digital rights: 1. The Right to Collect  2. The Right to Preserve 3. The Right to Lend 4. The Right to Cooperate

This summer, Our Future Memory reached new audiences through two very different publications. The Beat covered a San Diego Comic Con discussion on the future of public libraries in an AI driven world, highlighting the question of who controls access to digital knowledge. Meanwhile, The Political Librarian published a peer reviewed article by Internet Archive colleagues Michael Menna and Lila Bailey exploring the risks of disappearing digital culture and the importance of protecting the memory institutions’ rights. Together, these pieces show why the conversation around digital memory needs to reach beyond libraries and archives and into wider public discussions.

Internet Archive Europe is honored to be a partner of the Democratic Tech Alliance. This alliance is a coalition of members from different political groups in the European Parliament, with civil society actors, think tanks, experts and European businesses working to create an EU tech ecosystem that supports democratic values and the public interest.

On the 21st of January 2027, we will celebrate the Public Domain Day at the Royal Library of Belgium, in Brussels. Together with Scholars, Advocates, Policy-Makers and Practitioners, we look at the Public Domain, and how we collectively can continue protecting it. 

Two opportunities for this event: Call for Contributions & Scholarships

For the second time, we open a Call for Contributions asking for lightning talks, presentations & workshops at The European Public Domain Day Conference 2027. Could be you? Submit your proposal through this form.

The European Public Domain Day team is committed to equity of access to information and long-life learning education, the team invites members of the community to apply for one of the two scholarships for the event. Submit your application through this form.

Celebrate the Wayback Machine & other Internet Archive tools that help us preserve, explore, share, and build knowledge together.

Democracy invites participation; democracies require it. At the Internet Archive, we believe libraries can help make that participation possible by preserving knowledge and providing the tools to explore and build upon it.

This year’s annual celebration, “Democracy’s Library: Tools for Participation,” will showcase the many ways people can participate through the Internet Archive: from saving and contributing materials to exploring government records, researching history, and building new tools with our collections and APIs.

We’ll also spotlight partners and creators who are building on top of the Internet Archive’s data and infrastructure, demonstrating how shared library resources can become a foundation for discovery and collaboration. In person and via livestream, we’ll explore what happens when a library doesn’t just preserve knowledge, but gives people the tools to use it, build with it, and participate in creating what comes next.

Celebrate with the Internet Archive!

This year’s celebration is a hybrid event. This event registration is for the virtual event. If you’d like to join in-person in San Francisco, please register for an in-person ticket.

Internet Archive Europe hosted Mozilla AI for a conversation about owning and controlling the infrastructure behind AI. The discussion explored practical examples of using open source and locally run AI, the role of the Wayback Machine in AI assisted research, and Otari, Mozilla AI’s open source LLM gateway. The afternoon brought together developers, researchers, and cultural heritage professionals to discuss digital dependency, transparency, and the importance of keeping control over the tools and infrastructure we rely on.

In July, Internet Archive Europe joined more than 1,200 Wikimedians in Paris for Wikimania 2026, celebrating Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary and exploring how free knowledge can remain reliable in the age of AI. IAE presented its Archive Citation Sources tool, which uses millions of open access academic articles to help Wikipedia editors find evidence to support, update, or challenge claims. The Wayback Machine was also at the heart of several sessions, with Mark Graham sharing new work on AI, web archives, and Wayback Machine Labs, an experimental space for building tools on top of the archive. Beyond the sessions, Wikimania brought together colleagues and collaborators from across the global free knowledge movement, creating new opportunities to share ideas, infrastructure, and approaches to preserving and making knowledge accessible.

Internet Archive Europe and Information Labs are teaming up once again with Season Two: Humans of AI: Unboxing Public Interest AI in Europe. This is a video interview series (15–20 min episodes) that looks at what AI means for people who are active in the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) — from preserving languages and cultural heritage to tackling climate, health, and open knowledge challenges.