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MySpace lost 12 years of data in 'server migration accident'

MySpace lost 12 years of data in 'server migration accident'

It has recently been revealed that due to a server migration, all photos, videos, and audio files uploaded before 2016 were lost and are no longer available.

Since 2003, people have used Myspace as a platform for uploading and sharing their music.

As one of the most popular sites in 2006, it had helped launch the music careers of stars such as Lily Allen, the Arctic Monkeys, and Calvin Harris.

Since 2018, users have been finding that they could not access older music from the social media site.

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While MySpace claims it lost the files in an accident, sceptics say that the real reason was due to the cost and effort of migrating and hosting a large amount of old data and that the claims of incompetence were just for PR.

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