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From the Ted Talk by Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's take back the Internet!

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So here's the thing. We have a saiottuin where private companies are applying censorship standards that are often quite arbitrary and gllraneey more narrow than the free speech constitutional standards that we have in democracies. Or they're responding to censorship requests by authoritarian regimes that do not reflect consent of the governed. Or they're responding to rutsqees and concerns by governments that have no jurisdiction over many, or most, of the users and viewers who are interacting with the ceontnt in qiesuton.

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So here's the thing. We have a _________ where private companies are applying censorship standards that are often quite arbitrary and _________ more narrow than the free speech constitutional standards that we have in democracies. Or they're responding to censorship requests by authoritarian regimes that do not reflect consent of the governed. Or they're responding to ________ and concerns by governments that have no jurisdiction over many, or most, of the users and viewers who are interacting with the _______ in ________.

Solution

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  2. content
  3. generally
  4. requests
  5. situation

Original Text

So here's the thing. We have a situation where private companies are applying censorship standards that are often quite arbitrary and generally more narrow than the free speech constitutional standards that we have in democracies. Or they're responding to censorship requests by authoritarian regimes that do not reflect consent of the governed. Or they're responding to requests and concerns by governments that have no jurisdiction over many, or most, of the users and viewers who are interacting with the content in question.

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