Several sections of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution appear to have been removed from the official U.S. government website, as pointed out by sleuths on the internet and as seen by TechCrunch.

The changes were made in the past month, according to the Wayback Machine, which shows the full original text on Congress’ website as of July 17.

Several Reddit threads identified the changes in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution: large parts of Section 8 have been removed, and Sections 9 and 10 have been deleted altogether. In the screenshot below, you can see the archived version of the site on the Wayback Machine on the left, and the current site on the right — the text highlighted in yellow has been removed.

These sections largely relate to the powers that Congress has and does not have, as well as limitations on the powers of individual states. The removal includes sections relating to habeas corpus, the powers that protect citizens from unlawful detention.

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    18 hours ago

    You’re right. I just recently decided to remove all social media and switch to full physical media. Only using forums like these and steam to play some games. I feel like my privacy is being taken away from me and I’m not even in the US. I’m in Europe.

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        9 hours ago

        yeah it sucks because steam is actually not a bad platform. Out of all I’ve used its definitely the best… with that said everything’s been going to shit so I expect it to happen sooner or later