A great visualization by Good Magazine and the Lifelong Friendship Society on Internet censorship around the world.
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Video by: Andrew Bouvé , Danielle Flug, Rus Garofalo, Lindsay Utz, Morgan Currie
Music by: Fred Sargolini
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