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October 28, 2021 02:47 am

Gizmodos photos from the massive iPhone 4 leak have disappeared





Illustration by William Joel / The Verge



Photographs from a historic moment in tech news history, the day a Gizmodo reporter published hands-on pics of the then-not-yet-announced iPhone 4, are now missing. And they’re not alone — vast quantities of pictures from G/O Media sites like The Onion, Jalopnik, and Deadspin (as well as Gizmodo) have been removed, reportedly intentionally, according to Gawker.


A recent Gawker report highlights that Buzzfeed has also been wiping many older images from the web. Still, Buzzfeed’s reason for doing so is relatively apparent after management explained the copyright claims on old photos deemed some of them “high-risk.”


Both cases are examples of “link rot,” where content on the internet is drastically changed because it either disappears...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/27/22749706/gawker-media-iphone-4-leak-link-rot-buzzfeed

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