Oops! MySpace has lost 12 years' worth of photos, videos and music

MySpace -- that forerunner of the social networking phenomenon -- appears to have had a bit of an accident. In the process of migrating servers, it seems that the site has managed to lose 12 years' worth of uploaded music and other data. The slip up means that photos, videos and music uploaded between 2003 and 2015 have been lost forever. This is not a case of data being temporary unavailable; MySpace has lost it, and -- almost unbelievably -- has no backup. See also: The Internet Archive is trying to save Google+ content before it is deleted Pahahaha! Zuckerburg… [Continue Reading]