BET.com digital article wipe

CTL-E-0821 · Event · other · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

(2026-09) BET Digital's permanent removal of its entire written news archive (September 2026) as a "video-first pivot"; Internet Archive rescue (199,000+ articles, explorer Sept 8, 2026).

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-080; source research type(s): event. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

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Black Enterprise

Record CTL-E-0821 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: PRESERVE-001.
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Cite as: CultureTechLens, “BET.com digital article wipe (CTL-E-0821),” October 4, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0821/

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