Trump asked Americans to help him whitewash national parks. They revolted instead
They revolted insteadThe DOI placed QR codes in national parks, inviting visitors to report content deemed ‘negative about either past or living Americans’. The Guardian accessed this trove of responses after groups including the Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation Association filed a Freedom of Information Act request for it. If you know about any datasets, webpages or government materials that have been deleted or altered in the past year, or are willing to share how those changes affect you, we’d love to hear from you.
- ▪They revolted insteadThe DOI placed QR codes in national parks, inviting visitors to report content deemed ‘negative about either past or living Americans’.
- ▪The Guardian accessed this trove of responses after groups including the Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation Association filed a Freedom of Information Act request for it.
- ▪If you know about any datasets, webpages or government materials that have been deleted or altered in the past year, or are willing to share how those changes affect you, we’d love to hear from you.
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| Publication time | Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:18 GMT |
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‘I would rather have signs that state the sad truth than signs that whitewash what really happened in our history or what is currently happening to our climate.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘I would rather have signs that state the sad truth than signs that whitewash what really happened in our history or what is currently happening to our climate.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/AFP/Getty ImagesDeleted dataNational parksTrump asked Americans to help him whitewash national parks. They revolted insteadThe DOI placed QR codes in national parks, inviting visitors to report content deemed ‘negative about either past or living Americans’.
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