Medium<\/b>: Announcing Kin, a Cryptocurrency for an Open Future<\/a><\/h3>\nTed Livingston, Founder and CEO of Kik<\/a>, discusses how everyday digital activities are increasingly controlled by fewer and fewer companies, and announces a new cryptocurrency \u2014\u00a0Kin \u2014 to support a more open and decentralized Internet ecosystem. Developers will link arms to compete with the giants together, building a better future for society while also making money.<\/p>\nThe Atlantic<\/b>: Silicon Valley\u2019s Big Three vs. Detroit\u2019s Golden-Age Big Three<\/a><\/h3>\nToday, Facebook, Alphabet (Google), and Apple dominate the U.S. economy, just like the automotive companies General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler did before them. But what this dominance means has changed \u2014\u00a0cars were national and tech is global. And, the tech labor force is a fraction of what the automotive industry\u2019s was. If we continue down a centralized path, \u201cthe skilled and the already rich make huge amounts of money, and everyone else gets the leftovers.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2017\/05\/Google-tunnel-300x200.jpeg\")
Photo Credit: The Atlantic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMarketWatch<\/b>: Google, Amazon and other Big Tech Companies could Face More Rules in EU<\/a><\/h3>\nThe EU\u2019s executive body is considering new rules that would prevent web platforms \u2014 like Google, Amazon, and TripAdvisor \u2014 from offering unfair terms to small businesses that use their services to sell or promote products. The commission\u2019s deliberations highlight ongoing concerns about the centralized power of U.S. technology companies, which had sparked a flurry of investigations, including a lengthy EU antitrust probe into Google.<\/p>\n
TechCrunch<\/b>: The FCC\u2019s Case Against Net Neutrality Rests on a Deliberate Misrepresentation of How the Internet Works<\/a><\/h3>\nIn this op ed, Devin Coldewey disputes the FCC\u2019s positioning of proposed legislation that would roll back net neutrality. He argues that rolling back net neutrality would do anything but \u201cRestore Internet Freedom,\u201d and backs up his reasoning with evidence on how the internet works, and how internet service providers make their money.<\/p>\n
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Digital Inclusion<\/b><\/h2>\nSELF<\/b>: Serena Williams Joins SurveyMonkey to Help Boost Diversity in Tech<\/a><\/h3>\nAs SurveyMoney\u2019s newest board member, the 35-year-old tennis star plans to help the company \u2014 along with others in Silicon Valley \u2014 diversify its workforce. Silicon Valley has faced criticisms in the past for its lack of gender and racial diversity and for discrimination in both areas. SurveyMonkey is attempting to change for the better within its own ranks.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2017\/05\/Serena-300x225.jpeg\")
Photo Credit: Clive Brunskill, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGlobal Telecoms Business<\/b>: World Bank\u2019s IFC Backs Google\u2019s African Fibre Project<\/a><\/h3>\nThe International Finance Corporation (IFC) is one of the partners in a $100 million project from Google to build fibre networks in Africa to expand access to the Internet. The project, CSquared, already has local fibre networks in Ghana and Uganda, and now the IFC, Convergence Partners and Mitsui are backing the extension of the wholesale, carrier-neutral service across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
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Online Privacy and Security<\/b><\/h2>\nArsTechnica<\/b>: Google and Facebook Lobbyists Try to Stop New Online Privacy Protections<\/a><\/h3>\nLobbyists for Google, Facebook, and other websites are trying to stop the implementation of a proposed law in the U.S. that would strengthen consumer privacy protections online. The proposed law would require opt-in consent from Internet users in order for internet service providers to use their Web browsing and application usage history for advertising and other purposes.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2017\/05\/Camera-300x200.jpeg\")
Photo Credit: Thomas Jackson, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLA Times<\/b>: Google Starts Tracking Offline Shopping \u2014 What You Buy at Stores in Person<\/a><\/h3>\nGoogle already monitors online shopping \u2014 but now it’s also keeping an eye on what people buy in physical stores as it tries to sell more digital advertising. Specifically, Google is launching a new tool that will track how much money people spend in merchants’ bricks-and-mortar stores after clicking on their digital ads by mining credit card data.<\/p>\n
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Openness<\/b><\/h2>\nBusiness Insider: <\/b>Wikipedia says Australians \u2018Break the Law Everyday\u2019 on Copyright and Demands Reform<\/a><\/h3>\nWikipedia is taking on the Australian government in a campaign calling for copyright law reform. The online encyclopaedia has started displaying top-of-page banners for Australian users urging the country to adopt “fair use” provisions, which has been recommended in six reports since 1998, but never adopted.<\/p>\n
Washington Post<\/b>: \u2018Silicon Valley,\u2019 Season 4, Episode 5 review: \u2018Blood Boy\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\nMany of us over here at Mozilla are big fans of HBO\u2019s Silicon Valley. And, this week\u2019s episode continued to touch on an issue we care deeply about: the need for patent reform. Without giving too much away, Richard (the series\u2019 loveable startup CEO) is faced with how to deal with a technology patent that was filed solely to block other innovators.<\/p>\n
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Web Literacy<\/b><\/h2>\nNew York Times<\/b>: \u2018The Internet Is Broken\u2019: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It<\/a><\/h3>\nEv Williams, founder of Twitter and Medium, discusses challenges facing Internet users today \u2014 from fake news, to online harassment, to the increasingly limited free exchange of information. He discusses Medium as a means to reduce content consumption solely based on corporate and monetary interests, and his hope that internet users will demand more opportunities to create, share, and consume content freely without the influence of advertising.<\/p>\n
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Kittens and Rabbits Playing Together<\/b><\/h2>\n
This video resurfaced and made its rounds on the Internet this week. Enjoy.
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The Atlantic<\/b>: Silicon Valley\u2019s Big Three vs. Detroit\u2019s Golden-Age Big Three<\/a><\/h3>\nToday, Facebook, Alphabet (Google), and Apple dominate the U.S. economy, just like the automotive companies General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler did before them. But what this dominance means has changed \u2014\u00a0cars were national and tech is global. And, the tech labor force is a fraction of what the automotive industry\u2019s was. If we continue down a centralized path, \u201cthe skilled and the already rich make huge amounts of money, and everyone else gets the leftovers.\u201d<\/p>\nPhoto Credit: The Atlantic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMarketWatch<\/b>: Google, Amazon and other Big Tech Companies could Face More Rules in EU<\/a><\/h3>\nThe EU\u2019s executive body is considering new rules that would prevent web platforms \u2014 like Google, Amazon, and TripAdvisor \u2014 from offering unfair terms to small businesses that use their services to sell or promote products. The commission\u2019s deliberations highlight ongoing concerns about the centralized power of U.S. technology companies, which had sparked a flurry of investigations, including a lengthy EU antitrust probe into Google.<\/p>\n
TechCrunch<\/b>: The FCC\u2019s Case Against Net Neutrality Rests on a Deliberate Misrepresentation of How the Internet Works<\/a><\/h3>\nIn this op ed, Devin Coldewey disputes the FCC\u2019s positioning of proposed legislation that would roll back net neutrality. He argues that rolling back net neutrality would do anything but \u201cRestore Internet Freedom,\u201d and backs up his reasoning with evidence on how the internet works, and how internet service providers make their money.<\/p>\n
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Digital Inclusion<\/b><\/h2>\nSELF<\/b>: Serena Williams Joins SurveyMonkey to Help Boost Diversity in Tech<\/a><\/h3>\nAs SurveyMoney\u2019s newest board member, the 35-year-old tennis star plans to help the company \u2014 along with others in Silicon Valley \u2014 diversify its workforce. Silicon Valley has faced criticisms in the past for its lack of gender and racial diversity and for discrimination in both areas. SurveyMonkey is attempting to change for the better within its own ranks.<\/p>\nPhoto Credit: Clive Brunskill, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGlobal Telecoms Business<\/b>: World Bank\u2019s IFC Backs Google\u2019s African Fibre Project<\/a><\/h3>\nThe International Finance Corporation (IFC) is one of the partners in a $100 million project from Google to build fibre networks in Africa to expand access to the Internet. The project, CSquared, already has local fibre networks in Ghana and Uganda, and now the IFC, Convergence Partners and Mitsui are backing the extension of the wholesale, carrier-neutral service across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
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Online Privacy and Security<\/b><\/h2>\nArsTechnica<\/b>: Google and Facebook Lobbyists Try to Stop New Online Privacy Protections<\/a><\/h3>\nLobbyists for Google, Facebook, and other websites are trying to stop the implementation of a proposed law in the U.S. that would strengthen consumer privacy protections online. The proposed law would require opt-in consent from Internet users in order for internet service providers to use their Web browsing and application usage history for advertising and other purposes.<\/p>\nPhoto Credit: Thomas Jackson, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLA Times<\/b>: Google Starts Tracking Offline Shopping \u2014 What You Buy at Stores in Person<\/a><\/h3>\nGoogle already monitors online shopping \u2014 but now it’s also keeping an eye on what people buy in physical stores as it tries to sell more digital advertising. Specifically, Google is launching a new tool that will track how much money people spend in merchants’ bricks-and-mortar stores after clicking on their digital ads by mining credit card data.<\/p>\n
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Openness<\/b><\/h2>\nBusiness Insider: <\/b>Wikipedia says Australians \u2018Break the Law Everyday\u2019 on Copyright and Demands Reform<\/a><\/h3>\nWikipedia is taking on the Australian government in a campaign calling for copyright law reform. The online encyclopaedia has started displaying top-of-page banners for Australian users urging the country to adopt “fair use” provisions, which has been recommended in six reports since 1998, but never adopted.<\/p>\n
Washington Post<\/b>: \u2018Silicon Valley,\u2019 Season 4, Episode 5 review: \u2018Blood Boy\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\nMany of us over here at Mozilla are big fans of HBO\u2019s Silicon Valley. And, this week\u2019s episode continued to touch on an issue we care deeply about: the need for patent reform. Without giving too much away, Richard (the series\u2019 loveable startup CEO) is faced with how to deal with a technology patent that was filed solely to block other innovators.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Web Literacy<\/b><\/h2>\nNew York Times<\/b>: \u2018The Internet Is Broken\u2019: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It<\/a><\/h3>\nEv Williams, founder of Twitter and Medium, discusses challenges facing Internet users today \u2014 from fake news, to online harassment, to the increasingly limited free exchange of information. He discusses Medium as a means to reduce content consumption solely based on corporate and monetary interests, and his hope that internet users will demand more opportunities to create, share, and consume content freely without the influence of advertising.<\/p>\n
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Kittens and Rabbits Playing Together<\/b><\/h2>\n
This video resurfaced and made its rounds on the Internet this week. Enjoy.
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MarketWatch<\/b>: Google, Amazon and other Big Tech Companies could Face More Rules in EU<\/a><\/h3>\nThe EU\u2019s executive body is considering new rules that would prevent web platforms \u2014 like Google, Amazon, and TripAdvisor \u2014 from offering unfair terms to small businesses that use their services to sell or promote products. The commission\u2019s deliberations highlight ongoing concerns about the centralized power of U.S. technology companies, which had sparked a flurry of investigations, including a lengthy EU antitrust probe into Google.<\/p>\n
TechCrunch<\/b>: The FCC\u2019s Case Against Net Neutrality Rests on a Deliberate Misrepresentation of How the Internet Works<\/a><\/h3>\nIn this op ed, Devin Coldewey disputes the FCC\u2019s positioning of proposed legislation that would roll back net neutrality. He argues that rolling back net neutrality would do anything but \u201cRestore Internet Freedom,\u201d and backs up his reasoning with evidence on how the internet works, and how internet service providers make their money.<\/p>\n
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Digital Inclusion<\/b><\/h2>\nSELF<\/b>: Serena Williams Joins SurveyMonkey to Help Boost Diversity in Tech<\/a><\/h3>\nAs SurveyMoney\u2019s newest board member, the 35-year-old tennis star plans to help the company \u2014 along with others in Silicon Valley \u2014 diversify its workforce. Silicon Valley has faced criticisms in the past for its lack of gender and racial diversity and for discrimination in both areas. SurveyMonkey is attempting to change for the better within its own ranks.<\/p>\nPhoto Credit: Clive Brunskill, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGlobal Telecoms Business<\/b>: World Bank\u2019s IFC Backs Google\u2019s African Fibre Project<\/a><\/h3>\nThe International Finance Corporation (IFC) is one of the partners in a $100 million project from Google to build fibre networks in Africa to expand access to the Internet. The project, CSquared, already has local fibre networks in Ghana and Uganda, and now the IFC, Convergence Partners and Mitsui are backing the extension of the wholesale, carrier-neutral service across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
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Online Privacy and Security<\/b><\/h2>\nArsTechnica<\/b>: Google and Facebook Lobbyists Try to Stop New Online Privacy Protections<\/a><\/h3>\nLobbyists for Google, Facebook, and other websites are trying to stop the implementation of a proposed law in the U.S. that would strengthen consumer privacy protections online. The proposed law would require opt-in consent from Internet users in order for internet service providers to use their Web browsing and application usage history for advertising and other purposes.<\/p>\nPhoto Credit: Thomas Jackson, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLA Times<\/b>: Google Starts Tracking Offline Shopping \u2014 What You Buy at Stores in Person<\/a><\/h3>\nGoogle already monitors online shopping \u2014 but now it’s also keeping an eye on what people buy in physical stores as it tries to sell more digital advertising. Specifically, Google is launching a new tool that will track how much money people spend in merchants’ bricks-and-mortar stores after clicking on their digital ads by mining credit card data.<\/p>\n
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Openness<\/b><\/h2>\nBusiness Insider: <\/b>Wikipedia says Australians \u2018Break the Law Everyday\u2019 on Copyright and Demands Reform<\/a><\/h3>\nWikipedia is taking on the Australian government in a campaign calling for copyright law reform. The online encyclopaedia has started displaying top-of-page banners for Australian users urging the country to adopt “fair use” provisions, which has been recommended in six reports since 1998, but never adopted.<\/p>\n
Washington Post<\/b>: \u2018Silicon Valley,\u2019 Season 4, Episode 5 review: \u2018Blood Boy\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\nMany of us over here at Mozilla are big fans of HBO\u2019s Silicon Valley. And, this week\u2019s episode continued to touch on an issue we care deeply about: the need for patent reform. Without giving too much away, Richard (the series\u2019 loveable startup CEO) is faced with how to deal with a technology patent that was filed solely to block other innovators.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Web Literacy<\/b><\/h2>\nNew York Times<\/b>: \u2018The Internet Is Broken\u2019: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It<\/a><\/h3>\nEv Williams, founder of Twitter and Medium, discusses challenges facing Internet users today \u2014 from fake news, to online harassment, to the increasingly limited free exchange of information. He discusses Medium as a means to reduce content consumption solely based on corporate and monetary interests, and his hope that internet users will demand more opportunities to create, share, and consume content freely without the influence of advertising.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kittens and Rabbits Playing Together<\/b><\/h2>\n
This video resurfaced and made its rounds on the Internet this week. Enjoy.
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In this op ed, Devin Coldewey disputes the FCC\u2019s positioning of proposed legislation that would roll back net neutrality. He argues that rolling back net neutrality would do anything but \u201cRestore Internet Freedom,\u201d and backs up his reasoning with evidence on how the internet works, and how internet service providers make their money.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Digital Inclusion<\/b><\/h2>\nSELF<\/b>: Serena Williams Joins SurveyMonkey to Help Boost Diversity in Tech<\/a><\/h3>\nAs SurveyMoney\u2019s newest board member, the 35-year-old tennis star plans to help the company \u2014 along with others in Silicon Valley \u2014 diversify its workforce. Silicon Valley has faced criticisms in the past for its lack of gender and racial diversity and for discrimination in both areas. SurveyMonkey is attempting to change for the better within its own ranks.<\/p>\nPhoto Credit: Clive Brunskill, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGlobal Telecoms Business<\/b>: World Bank\u2019s IFC Backs Google\u2019s African Fibre Project<\/a><\/h3>\nThe International Finance Corporation (IFC) is one of the partners in a $100 million project from Google to build fibre networks in Africa to expand access to the Internet. The project, CSquared, already has local fibre networks in Ghana and Uganda, and now the IFC, Convergence Partners and Mitsui are backing the extension of the wholesale, carrier-neutral service across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Online Privacy and Security<\/b><\/h2>\nArsTechnica<\/b>: Google and Facebook Lobbyists Try to Stop New Online Privacy Protections<\/a><\/h3>\nLobbyists for Google, Facebook, and other websites are trying to stop the implementation of a proposed law in the U.S. that would strengthen consumer privacy protections online. The proposed law would require opt-in consent from Internet users in order for internet service providers to use their Web browsing and application usage history for advertising and other purposes.<\/p>\nPhoto Credit: Thomas Jackson, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLA Times<\/b>: Google Starts Tracking Offline Shopping \u2014 What You Buy at Stores in Person<\/a><\/h3>\nGoogle already monitors online shopping \u2014 but now it’s also keeping an eye on what people buy in physical stores as it tries to sell more digital advertising. Specifically, Google is launching a new tool that will track how much money people spend in merchants’ bricks-and-mortar stores after clicking on their digital ads by mining credit card data.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Openness<\/b><\/h2>\nBusiness Insider: <\/b>Wikipedia says Australians \u2018Break the Law Everyday\u2019 on Copyright and Demands Reform<\/a><\/h3>\nWikipedia is taking on the Australian government in a campaign calling for copyright law reform. The online encyclopaedia has started displaying top-of-page banners for Australian users urging the country to adopt “fair use” provisions, which has been recommended in six reports since 1998, but never adopted.<\/p>\n
Washington Post<\/b>: \u2018Silicon Valley,\u2019 Season 4, Episode 5 review: \u2018Blood Boy\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\nMany of us over here at Mozilla are big fans of HBO\u2019s Silicon Valley. And, this week\u2019s episode continued to touch on an issue we care deeply about: the need for patent reform. Without giving too much away, Richard (the series\u2019 loveable startup CEO) is faced with how to deal with a technology patent that was filed solely to block other innovators.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Web Literacy<\/b><\/h2>\nNew York Times<\/b>: \u2018The Internet Is Broken\u2019: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It<\/a><\/h3>\nEv Williams, founder of Twitter and Medium, discusses challenges facing Internet users today \u2014 from fake news, to online harassment, to the increasingly limited free exchange of information. He discusses Medium as a means to reduce content consumption solely based on corporate and monetary interests, and his hope that internet users will demand more opportunities to create, share, and consume content freely without the influence of advertising.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kittens and Rabbits Playing Together<\/b><\/h2>\n
This video resurfaced and made its rounds on the Internet this week. Enjoy.
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As SurveyMoney\u2019s newest board member, the 35-year-old tennis star plans to help the company \u2014 along with others in Silicon Valley \u2014 diversify its workforce. Silicon Valley has faced criticisms in the past for its lack of gender and racial diversity and for discrimination in both areas. SurveyMonkey is attempting to change for the better within its own ranks.<\/p>\n The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is one of the partners in a $100 million project from Google to build fibre networks in Africa to expand access to the Internet. The project, CSquared, already has local fibre networks in Ghana and Uganda, and now the IFC, Convergence Partners and Mitsui are backing the extension of the wholesale, carrier-neutral service across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Lobbyists for Google, Facebook, and other websites are trying to stop the implementation of a proposed law in the U.S. that would strengthen consumer privacy protections online. The proposed law would require opt-in consent from Internet users in order for internet service providers to use their Web browsing and application usage history for advertising and other purposes.<\/p>\n Google already monitors online shopping \u2014 but now it’s also keeping an eye on what people buy in physical stores as it tries to sell more digital advertising. Specifically, Google is launching a new tool that will track how much money people spend in merchants’ bricks-and-mortar stores after clicking on their digital ads by mining credit card data.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Wikipedia is taking on the Australian government in a campaign calling for copyright law reform. The online encyclopaedia has started displaying top-of-page banners for Australian users urging the country to adopt “fair use” provisions, which has been recommended in six reports since 1998, but never adopted.<\/p>\n Many of us over here at Mozilla are big fans of HBO\u2019s Silicon Valley. And, this week\u2019s episode continued to touch on an issue we care deeply about: the need for patent reform. Without giving too much away, Richard (the series\u2019 loveable startup CEO) is faced with how to deal with a technology patent that was filed solely to block other innovators.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ev Williams, founder of Twitter and Medium, discusses challenges facing Internet users today \u2014 from fake news, to online harassment, to the increasingly limited free exchange of information. He discusses Medium as a means to reduce content consumption solely based on corporate and monetary interests, and his hope that internet users will demand more opportunities to create, share, and consume content freely without the influence of advertising.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n This video resurfaced and made its rounds on the Internet this week. Enjoy.Global Telecoms Business<\/b>: World Bank\u2019s IFC Backs Google\u2019s African Fibre Project<\/a><\/h3>\n
Online Privacy and Security<\/b><\/h2>\n
ArsTechnica<\/b>: Google and Facebook Lobbyists Try to Stop New Online Privacy Protections<\/a><\/h3>\n
LA Times<\/b>: Google Starts Tracking Offline Shopping \u2014 What You Buy at Stores in Person<\/a><\/h3>\n
Openness<\/b><\/h2>\n
Business Insider: <\/b>Wikipedia says Australians \u2018Break the Law Everyday\u2019 on Copyright and Demands Reform<\/a><\/h3>\n
Washington Post<\/b>: \u2018Silicon Valley,\u2019 Season 4, Episode 5 review: \u2018Blood Boy\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n
Web Literacy<\/b><\/h2>\n
New York Times<\/b>: \u2018The Internet Is Broken\u2019: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It<\/a><\/h3>\n
Kittens and Rabbits Playing Together<\/b><\/h2>\n
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