Best Los Angeles Public Press Podcasts (2024)

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Jamel and Daisy 17:25

3M ago17:25

17:25

Most Sunday nights, Jamel will make a nice meal for himself and Daisy, and they’ll sit down to watch the football together. Daisy is his best friend – a 14-year-old beagle. Right now, Jamel and Daisy are living in a semi-converted garage. Jamel's looking for a better and more stable place to live – but he’s been turned away from housing because he …

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Sleazy Huizy, who’s a bigger sellout than you? 27:22

5M ago27:22

27:22

The notorious former city council member Jose Huizar has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking millions in bribes from developers, selling out Boyle Heights, downtown LA, and the rest of his district. We went on a field trip to the sentencing, and this week on the show — we’re taking you there. With recordings and analysis from LAPP’s own…

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Renter’s Hotline: Don’t underestimate seniors 35:39

7M ago35:39

35:39

This week, we’ve got the second edition of Renter’s Hotline, our tenant advice segment. This time, Dominique called in about an issue that her dad is having at his apartment building in Paramount, where the landlord keeps raising the rent on Dominique’s father and other tenants with housing vouchers. She got advice from lawyer Gina Hong and organiz…

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A little journey across Los Angeles… together. 23:01

8M ago23:01

23:01

This week, six scenes from all over Los Angeles (okay, including one in Joshua Tree). Footage of a neighborhood council meeting, obtained through a public records request. An unusual guard animal in El Sereno. A renowned musician at the Día de los Muertos celebration on Olvera Street. Two different stargazing trips — one successful, one not so succ…

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Every day you’re holding your breath: A Jewish and a Palestinian organizer on the fight for Palestinians 28:23

8M ago28:23

28:23

This week, we’re spending the show with two Los Angeles-area organizers on the fight for Palestinians in the wake of Israel’s relentless bombing campaign that has now killed more than 11,000 Gazans. Noa Kattler-Kupetz grew up in the conservative Jewish movement in Los Angeles, but now organizes with If Not Now and is calling for a ceasefire and an …

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There’s no place like home: The story of the Jasmine Avenue encampment 35:28

9M ago35:28

35:28

This week, we’re spending the entire show with the residents of one encampment on the edge of Culver City. When they learned they were facing a sweep designed to displace them, the residents of the encampment decided to fight to stay there. They’d formed a community on Jasmine Avenue. And they felt safe on that block, right next to a large Catholic…

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What happened in Bell Gardens 37:58

9M ago37:58

37:58

This week, we got a tip about something going down at the Bell Gardens city council, so managing editor Adrian Baumann and LA county reporter Ashley Orona went to investigate. Plus, a dispatch from the Aetna Street community in the San Fernando Valley, where unhoused residents say it feels like the city has put a target on their back. NOTE: This ep…

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LA Pee Pee (or, why it’s so hard to find a place to pee in Los Angeles) 31:25

10M ago31:25

31:25

This week, we’re digging into why we have just fourteen truly public bathrooms in Los Angeles. Reporter Maylin Tu talks about the history of those fourteen bathrooms, why we don’t seem to be getting many more (even with the Olympics looming), and how it all relates to the criminalization of poverty and homelessness. Plus, we have a eulogy — for now…

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A battle on the streets of Huntington Park 27:37

10M ago27:37

27:37

This week, we’re going to the Southeast LA city of Huntington Park, where street vendors and vendor advocates have found themselves in an unsettling battle with the city. Plus, our correspondent Ruth tells us why her relationship with Staples is… complicated. You can find the videos Ruth references in her story here (https://x.com/FilmThePoliceLA/s…

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Food pantries, block parties, and goodbye to Suehiro in Little Tokyo 31:09

10M ago31:09

31:09

This week, we’ve got a report on mutual aid groups who are trying their best to keep people from going hungry — since government assistance isn’t nearly enough. And, we’re going for a walk through Little Tokyo and Skid Row with Theo Henderson, host of the podcast We the Unhoused (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-unhoused/id1490017575). …

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The view from a Travelodge motel shelter 35:09

11M ago35:09

35:09

This week, we’re talking with LA Public Press city reporter Elizabeth Chou, who’s been reporting on a motel in Chatsworth where dozens of formerly-unhoused Valley residents now live. Mayor Karen Bass recently held a press conference at the hotel… but the residents weren’t invited to the press conference, or even told what it was about. Instead, the…

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A renter’s hotline for a city of renters 32:58

12M ago32:58

32:58

This week, we’ve got the first edition of Renter’s Hotline, a tenant advice segment. Our first tenant called in from her apartment in West Adams, where she’s had problems with lead paint and a smoldering electrical fire (!!) in her ceiling. And, a dispatch from a man who thinks Venice is the best place in the world, but had to leave to be part of M…

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Suns out, budget’s out 31:44

1y ago31:44

31:44

Welcome to the first episode of Smogland Radio. This week — it’s budget time. We’re diving deep into the Los Angeles County Budget with LA Public Press reporter Ashley Orona. We’ve also got a story from a tenant who was harassed by his landlord until he organized with his fellow tenants, and our first submission from our correspondent, Ruth. Plus, …

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Introducing: Smogland Radio. You don’t get to hate this city unless you love it. 2:23

1y ago2:23

2:23

Introducing Smogland Radio, a news podcast by and for LA from Los Angeles Public Press. We’ll have reporting that holds powerful people accountable, advice on how to thrive in Los Angeles, and in-depth stories about the issues that affect all of us. The first episode of Smogland Radio will be out on June 29th. It'll publish monthly for the first co…

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AI and Search: Exploring the Impact with Joost de Valk, Founder of Yoast SEO & Investor 45:51

1y ago45:51

45:51

Joost de Valk is an entrepreneur and application software developer from the Netherlands who is best known for Yoast SEO. Joost started out as a consultant and blogger in 2004 before developing Yoast, one of the most successful plug-ins for WordPress. Tune in to this episode as we discuss the current landscape of search and AI, and the implications…

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Digital Content Provenance with Andy Parsons, Senior Director of Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe 57:30

1+ y ago57:30

57:30

My guest and I share a very deep passion for a trustworthy internet, and his name is Andy Parsons. Over the last few decades, Andy has been a CTO of over a dozen companies, a founder of several companies and a start-up mentor. Andy is currently a Senior Director at Adobe, overseeing its Content Authenticity Initiative. In 2019, Adobe launched this …

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Timestamps, Society, and Mass Adoption of a Trusted Web with Scott Stornetta, Blockchain Co-inventor 1:07:33

1+ y ago1:07:33

1:07:33

Scott Stornetta is a Grandfather, Teacher, Investor and scientific researcher – and an invention he did 30 years ago totally revolutionizes the world of tech today. In 1991, he and Stuart Haber, published the whitepaper "How to Time-Stamp a Digital Document”. This paper, in fact, could be described as the invention of blockchain. In 1992 this paper…

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Managing Day-to-day Verifications with Karen Mahabir, Head of Fact Checking at The Associated Press 20:23

2+ y ago20:23

20:23

Karen Mahabir is the AP’s Fact Check and Misinformation Editor, based in New York City. She has worked as a reporter, editor and producer for the AP in its Mexico City, Washington and New York offices. Mahabir also served as Managing Editor of News for The Huffington Post for two years and has spent many years working as a reporter and columnist at…

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Social Media and Trust with Amy Mitchell, Director, Journalism Research, Pew Research Center 18:16

2+ y ago18:16

18:16

Amy Mitchell is director of journalism research at Pew Research Center. She is responsible for the Center’s research related to news and information, including how the public accesses, engages with and creates news, what news organizations are providing and how technology is changing all of these elements. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact …

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Building a Public Consensus on Truth with Matt Carmichael, VP of Editorial and Content Strategy for Ipsos, North America 28:10

2+ y ago28:10

28:10

Matt Carmichael is the vice president of editorial and content strategy for Ipsos in North America where he edits the award-winning magazine, What the Future. In addition, he is an author and keynote speaker who reports on trends, futurism, demographics and their impacts on everything from marketing, to product development to urban planning and tra…

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Optimizing Content for Audience Trust with Helen Havlak, VP, The Verge 23:25

2+ y ago23:25

23:25

Helen Havlak, Vice President of The Verge, shares how the organization has built trust through different forms of content over the years. The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience. The Verge reaches 55MM+ US readers and millions of subscribe…

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Can Technology Combat Fake News? With Henry Pickavet, Editorial Director at TechCrunch 25:56

3y ago25:56

25:56

Henry Pickavet is the editorial director of TechCrunch, which he joined nine years ago as a copy editor. Prior to joining TechCrunch, Henry had a hand in a number of online and print publications, including InternetNews.com as chief copy editor and Government Technology Magazine as managing editor. Henry joins the show to explore what makes a trust…

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The Trust Barometer with Tonia Ries, Executive Director of Intellectual Property for the Edelman Trust Institute 24:14

3y ago24:14

24:14

Tonia Ries has more than 30 years of experience in marketing, research, strategy and media. She is Executive Director of Intellectual Property for the Edelman Trust Institute, Edelman’s center for the study of trust and a learning laboratory for trust building between companies, institutions, brands and people. Her role includes stewardship of the …

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Building Public Trust with Transparency with Scott Kraft, Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times 22:28

3y ago22:28

22:28

As managing editor, Scott Kraft oversees the Los Angeles Times newsroom, including Column One, enterprise, investigations and Sports. During more than three decades at The Times, Kraft has been a national and foreign correspondent as well as national editor and Deputy Managing Editor/News. He has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing, a…

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Building Trust With The Most Innovative Business Leaders with Eric Schurenberg, CEO at Mansueto Ventures 19:04

3y ago19:04

19:04

Anyone with an internet connection can be a publisher, so what does it take for business journalism to build trust with their readers? I’m excited to speak with Eric Schurenberg, CEO at Mansueto Ventures, to learn what they are doing. Founded in 2005, the publishing company is dedicated to serving business leaders. They publish the influential publ…

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Trust and Editing with Abhimanyu Ghoshal, Managing Editor, TNW 23:03

3y ago23:03

23:03

The consumption and distribution of media has changed drastically over the past decade. Calling in from Bangalore, The Next Web’s Managing Editor Abhimanyu Ghoshal joins the show to reflect on what the major shifts have been. TNW is a global digital brand that manages several initiatives focused on international technology news, business, and cultu…

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Corrections in The Era of Fake News with Mark Schoofs, Editor in Chief, BuzzFeed News 24:11

3y ago24:11

24:11

BuzzFeed is the leading independent digital media and tech company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience. Mark Schoofs joins the show to share about his role as Editor in Chief at BuzzFeed News, and what the state of media and journalism looks like today. Over the course of his 30 year career, Mark has earned a Pulitzer Pri…

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Disrupting Politics with Non-Partisan Journalism with Matt Kaminski, Editor in Chief, POLITICO 24:31

3y ago24:31

24:31

As POLITICO’s Editor-in-Chief, Matt Kaminski oversees all editorial operations of the publication. Starting as a freelancer from Eastern Europe before his senior year in college, Matt has reported on international affairs, politics and business on and off for the past quarter century. He joined POLITICO in late 2014 to become the founding editor of…

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The Power of Progressive Journalism with Katherine Bell, Editor in Chief, Quartz 23:01

3y ago23:01

23:01

Katherine Bell is Editor-In-Chief at Quartz. She previously served as editor-in-chief of Barron’s magazine, from 2017 until earlier in 2019. Before that, she worked at Harvard Business Review for a decade and was the editor of HBR.org. In both roles, she led the digital transformation of iconic print publications. Tune into this episode as we discu…

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A Vision For Journalism with Christophe Deloire, General Secretary, Reporters Without Borders 29:51

3y ago29:51

29:51

Christophe Deloire’s career trajectory is impressive. He ran one of the leading French journalism schools, the CFJ, from 2008 to 2012, and was an investigative reporter for the politics and society sections of the French news magazine Le Point from 1998 to 2007. He has also worked for the TV channels ARTE and TF1, made documentary films, edited sev…

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Regulations for Misinformation with Fil Menczer, Director, the Observatory on Social Media 29:42

3y ago29:42

29:42

Fil is a Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, and the former director at the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research – a research unit of the Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering. He joins the show to explore what he has learnt from accessing platform data, from his current role as Director of The O…

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Organizing the Fight Against Misinformation with Ferdi Özsoy, Program Manager, The Poynter Institute 32:07

3y ago32:07

32:07

‘Fake news’ has multiple definitions, which can be a problem. Ferdi Özsoy helps to highlight the main types of misinformation, and how individuals can be best equipped with consuming online content. As the Program Manager at the Poynter Institute, Ferdi joins the show today to distill the core principles that drive the success of the International …

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Correcting Social Media with Dr. Leticia Bode, Associate Professor, Georgetown University 21:19

3y ago21:19

21:19

Today’s guest extensively researches about the focus on exposure to and correction of misinformation on social media. Dr. Leticia Bode is an Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology master’s program at Georgetown University. She joins me on the show to explore the problems with measuring fake news, and the current state of …

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Lessons from Philosophy with Justin McBrayer, Author of ‘Beyond Fake News’ 23:16

3y ago23:16

23:16

As a Philosopher by trade, Justin McBrayer is not afraid to ask the big questions. I bring Justin on the show to learn more about his research and his latest book ‘Beyond Fake News: Finding the TRUTH in a world of misinformation’. Justin is also a teacher, speaker and writer. Much of his work focuses on helping ordinary individuals and political bo…

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An Evolving Internet with David Mikkelson, CEO and Co-founder, Snopes 24:52

3y ago24:52

24:52

A lot has happened since 1994, when David Mikkelson founded the fact-checking website Snopes, formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages. It was great speaking with David to learn more about how the sharing of questionable content has evolved into something very sophisticated today. Snopes started with investigating urban legends, hoaxes, …

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Disinformation Across Cultures with Costanza Sciubba Caniglia, Subject-Matter Expert at Wikimedia 18:39

3+ y ago18:39

18:39

Today’s guest comes with a really broad perspective. Costanza Sciubba Caniglia is currently a subject-matter expert at Wikimedia, and is a journalist and researcher in political analysis and communications for government and international organizations. I bring Constanza on the show to learn more about the cultural differences with disinformation. …

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The Newsletter as the Ultimate News Format with Arjun Moorthy, Co-Founder and CEO of The Factual 25:02

3+ y ago25:02

25:02

Ever find you can’t keep up with the news? In today’s world of 24/7 information – and misinformation – Arjun Moorthy, co-founder of The Factual, came up with a solution to deliver unbiased news and trending topics right to your inbox. I catch up with Arjun to find out how they are solving the problem of misinformation through this format. Arjun has…

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Lessons from the Pro-Truth Movement with Tim Ward, Author 25:06

3+ y ago25:06

25:06

Today’s guest is a real expert when it comes to communications. Tim Ward advises, trains and coaches environmental and development organisations to use effective communications to achieve their goals. In this interview we explore what we can learn from the Pro-Truth Pledge – an initiative that promotes truth seeking and rational thinking, particula…

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Building a Strong Media Ecosystem with Dan Gillmor, Co-founder of News Co/Lab 27:43

3+ y ago27:43

27:43

Dan Gillmor is an internationally recognized leader in new media and digital media literacy. He's the author of Mediactive, which explores media literacy in the digital age from a journalist’s perspective. He launched The News Co/Lab in 2017, where their mission is to help ensure an informed citizenry – a fundamental building block of democracy. I …

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Nutritional Information for Content with Richard Zack, CEO of Our.News 27:56

3+ y ago27:56

27:56

There’s no doubt that the state of fake news today is strong, and today’s guest Richard Zack, CEO & CTO of Our.News, shares how “the Internet is a super spreader event for fake news”. I found today’s conversation empowering as we discussed how the solution to this issue will come from working together. Our.News is on a mission to fight misinformati…

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Blockchain in the Newsroom with Dwayne Desaulniers, Director of Corporate News, Blockchain & Data Licensing at Associated Press 42:03

3+ y ago42:03

42:03

It’s been a remarkable 15 years for the news industry. Today’s guest, Dwayne Desaulniers from Associated Press, joins the show to run through their amazing use case with blockchain – calling the election on blockchain. The timing couldn’t be any better with the 2020 US elections. Dwayne started his career in journalism. His fascination with the int…

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“Iffy” Sites with Paul Resnick, Professor at the School of Information, University of Michigan 20:56

3+ y ago20:56

20:56

Today’s guest is an expert in identifying real vs fake content that’s circulating across Facebook and Twitter – on a daily basis. Paul is the director of the Center for Social Media Responsibility, University of Michigan, and Paul and his team have developed a way to measure the progress of media platforms at meeting their public responsibilities. …

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Misinformation Cycles with Alan Duke, Co-founder, Lead Stories 46:49

3+ y ago46:49

46:49

Alan Duke has had a fascinating career trajectory to date. As a US army veteran, followed by 26 years with CNN, he then co-founded Lead Stories, an innovative fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism that launched in 2015. The mission of Lead Stories is to help journalists, marketers and others identify and…

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Misinformation vs Disinformation with Pamposh Raina, Independent Journalist 27:00

3+ y ago27:00

27:00

Based in New Delhi, Pamposh Raina is an independent journalist. Her recent work has focussed on analysing misinformation and disinformation on social media and closed messaging apps in India. She led a research project commissioned by WhatsApp that analysed the misinformation trends natively on the messaging app during the 2019 Indian parliamentary…

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Context is King with Ed Bice, CEO at Meedan 30:52

3+ y ago30:52

30:52

Online Anonymity is to be cherished according to Ed Bice, CEO of Meedan, a global technology not-for-profit that builds software and programmatic initiatives to strengthen journalism, digital literacy, and accessibility of information online and off. In the same breath, however, Ed also calls for a fresh look at how rapidly fake news and damaging d…

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Creating News Literacy with Alan Miller, CEO of the News Literacy Project 25:33

3+ y ago25:33

25:33

Alan is the founder and CEO of the News Literacy Project. Established in 2008, this educational nonprofit helped launch the category of news literacy. Following his three-decade journalism career, Alan has also received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize among a dozen other national and state reporting honors. The News Literacy Project provides educators with…

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Information Silos with Nolan Higdon, Author of ‘The Anatomy of Fake News’ 23:01

3+ y ago23:01

23:01

For many people Fake News started to be associated with primarily right-wing, Russian issues. This is where today’s guest, Nolan Higdon, steps in. In order to better understand Fake News, we need to understand its history. Nolan’s book ‘The Anatomy of Fake News’ provides a very comprehensive understanding of this. He believes that although we can’t…

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Combatting Information Warfare with Molly McKew, Lead Writer at Great Power 32:21

3+ y ago32:21

32:21

“The Internet can be an overwhelming place”, as today’s guest Molly McKew simply highlights. Molly has spent years working in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and the Baltic states, including as an advisor to the Georgian President and National Security Council and the former Moldovan prime minister, and as the strategic director of a project to strength…

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Solving Misinformation through Journalism with Steven Brill, Co-founder and Co-CEO, NewsGuard 23:53

3+ y ago23:53

23:53

Misinformation is not new, but the internet has helped scale its reach now more than ever. In today’s episode I’m joined by journalist Steven Brill, who is also the Co-founder and Co-CEO, NewsGuard, Inc, a tool that provides detailed trust ratings for 6,000+ news websites. I’m excited to be joined by Steve as he’s a true expert when it comes to hoa…

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The Trusted Web Manifesto 15:11

3+ y ago15:11

15:11

What if you could simply trust all information on the internet? I’m on the mission to build a Trusted Web for all of us on planet earth. Because to save the world, we need to fix the internet. With this special thing called blockchain timestamps; all content you consume will be transparent and accountable. Welcome to the new default on the internet…

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