I agree that there are moral issues here but overall I doubt there’s any legal route to attacking Internet Archive for this.
GDPR is a European Law, IA is a US non-profit that probably doesn’t have any obligation to comply. Although it has to respect California privacy Law.
This is a generalised oversimplification, but privacy becomes a legally dubious argument if it was something in public view.
It’s perfectly legal to photograph and record people out in public on the street.
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