The Internet Archive, the largest digital library globally, is battling with the escalating issue of a problem known as “link rot,” the phenomenon of disappearing web pages. What Happened: The Internet Archive, home to 835 billion web pages, is experiencing a swift decay of its content. A recent study by the Pew Research Center revealed that 38% of web pages that existed in 2013 have disappeared, and 8% of those from 2023 are now missing. The study also discovered that 54% of Wikipedia pages link to non-existent pages in their references section. This problem is widespread on government and ne…