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It’s the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-tech-turmoil-new-censorship/
In Some Countries, Facebook’s Fiddling Has Magnified Fake News https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/technology/facebook-news-feed-changes.html?_r=0
FACEBOOK TWEAKS NEWSFEED TO FAVOR CONTENT FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-tweaks-newsfeed-to-favor-content-from-friends-family/
SAN FRANCISCO ADMIN CHARGED WITH HIJACKING CITY’S NETWORK https://www.wired.com/2008/07/sf-city-charged/
Gut bacteria linked to cataclysmic epidemic that wiped out 16th-century Mexico https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/gut-bacteria-linked-to-cataclysmic-epidemic-that-wiped-out-16th-century-mexico/
Black Death ‘spread by humans not rats’ http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42690577