On Friday, a judge ordered those who uploaded the videos to YouTube to remove them. By Saturday, a backup of the videos was available online as a torrent and on the Internet Archive.

“DOGE deposition videos in Depositions for MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit About the NEH,” the title of the page on the Internet Archive reads. The page says the files were uploaded on Saturday. On the Data Hoarder subreddit, multiple users said they had downloaded a torrent of the videos. Once a torrent of files has been shared, it becomes much harder to fully delete off of the internet because its distribution has been decentralized. 404 Media verified that the torrent did contain the DOGE deposition videos.

  • reallykindasorta@slrpnk.netEnglish
    14·
    3 hours ago

    The depositions come from a lawsuit the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association brought against the National Endowment for the Humanities and others over its cutting of hundreds of millions of grants. DOGE members Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh were a driving force behind those cuts. The deposition videos, which the MLA uploaded to YouTubeearlier this month, included depositions of Fox, Cavanaugh, and NEH officials Adam Wolfson and Michael McDonald.

    The videos went viral when 404 Media and other outlets reported on their contents and clipped certain segments. Those included Fox not being able or unwilling to define DEI.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      2 hours ago

      Seems so fucking obvious you are the asshole and on the wrong side of history when the Modern Language Association, American Council of Learned Societies, and American Historical Association are coming after you.

      • ToastedRavioli@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        7 minutes ago

        Mfs thought MLA was just a citation format from 8th grade English, but they fucked around and now theyre gonna find out