The Guardian also identified dozens of instances in which parks staff turned Trump’s executive order on its head, using it as an opportunity to report existing signage that was disparaging to Native Americans and other marginalized groups.

In part because of these efforts, Trump’s censorship effort is now caught in legal limbo. In June, a federal judge blocked any further removals and ordered all signs that had been taken down to be restored.

“This Administration seeks to share a limited history by ordering the removal of all signs, displays, and interpretive exhibits at National Parks that do not align with its preferred narrative, thereby telling half-truths,” US district judge Angel Kelley wrote in a 63-page injunction.

“Not only does this undermine the integrity of the National Parks; it sets a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization.” “What more do you want to take away from them?” he said.

“The system has taken everything from them. So why would Trump 🤡 and his administration want to at least take away their story? Haven’t they given enough?”

The Guardian’s Deleted data series explores how critical US government information is being deleted and what the consequences will be,