Posterity Log — Preserving the evidence for future generations
Posterity Log For the future reckoning.

Protecting reporters and subjects

Posterity Log is designed to protect reporters, subjects, and bystanders while preserving historical accountability — a record of what it felt like to live through what we hope will turn out to be only a brief experiment in authoritarianism in the United States.

Protection of reports and reporters

  • Reports - narrative and uploads - are Fernet-encrypted before storage.
  • File metadata is scrubbed where possible.
  • We do not log your IP address.
  • We do not intentionally collect any information that might identify a reporter.
  • We store the narratives, uploaded documents, and encryption key in three different countries, none of which is the United States.

But no system can promise perfect anonymity, so only include your name or identifying details in your report if you're comfortable with that information being available to trusted investigators, likely within a few years but certainly not before the end of the Trump presidency, and to the public in 2054.

Historical tribunal proceedings

Subjects and bystanders

Posterity Log is designed specifically to avoid real-time reputational harm. Submissions are not public accusations. They are unverified reports, and they remain private unless and until circumstances make responsible release to trusted investigators possible.

Until public release in 2054, submissions are not public, not searchable, and not visible to employers, media, or the general public.

When will the archive be released?

The truth matters — but timing can be everything.

Posterity Log is designed to preserve contemporaneous reports about who supported democratic norms, and who supported authoritarianism, during the 47th Trump Presidency.

The archive will be released in two stages:

  • First, it may be provided to trusted investigative bodies, when it is safe to do so.
  • Later, it is intended to be released publicly as a searchable historical record on 20 January 2054, commemorating the 25th anniversary of Trump departing the Presidency.

Who are "trusted investigative bodies"?

Posterity Log will not release any data until Trump's term as President has ended, and Posterity Log determines that bodies such as congressional committees and arms of the Department of Justice have again become capable of handling sensitive information responsibly. Posterity Log will consult with bodies such as the American Civil Liberties Union in making this determination. Even when the repository is provided to investigators, the vast majority of submissions will never be relevant to investigators, and, in fact, never be seen by a human. It is near certain that investigators will review the archive with AI to identify submissions that are suitable intelligence tips to use as a basis for further investigation.

Posterity Log will only provide the archive to a trusted investigative body if we receive appropriate reassurances about their use of the information for investigative purposes only, and that it will not be publicly released.

Rows of archive boxes in a secure records facility Archivist reviewing sensitive restricted records

Why delay public release?

Releasing allegations in real time risks retaliation against reporters and unfair reputational harm to those named in untested claims.

The delayed release helps ensure that:

  • reporters are protected from immediate retaliation;
  • allegations are not weaponised in contemporary political conflicts;
  • future readers can assess reports with historical context and, where available, independent corroboration.

Posterity Log does not determine guilt, innocence, or wrongdoing. It preserves a record.

Any consequences — legal, historical, or moral — depend on what can later be independently established.

The record doesn't write itself. Are you ready to contribute your story?

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