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The Level1 Show August 16 2022: Only Fans or People on a Watchlist?!

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0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Data ‘Surveillance’ Crackdown Begins With FTC Privacy Pitch
2:43 - FCC Cancels $886 Million in Funding for SpaceX's Starlink
4:33 - The IRS ramps up its effort to crack down on crypto tax evaders
5:04 - The DOJ is reportedly prepping an antitrust suit against Google over its ad business
6:59 - US claims Chinese seller violated export rules for ZTE
8:06 - Victory! Federal Court Upholds First Amendment Protections for Student’s Off-Campus Social Media Post
9:36 - U.S. lawmakers urge joint use of funds for broadband, EV charge stations
10:24 - Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' labeling
11:44 - Micron to invest $40 billion in U.S. chip manufacturing
13:01 - Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK
15:16 - Tornado Cash co-founder reports being kicked off GitHub as industry reacts to sanctions
16:28 - Iran reveals use of cryptocurrency to pay for imports
17:24 - A fifth of US teens use YouTube 'almost constantly,' with TikTok not far behind
18:39 - Mark Cuban says nobody knows what the metaverse is and buying digital land is 'The dumbest sh*t ever'
19:43 - OnlyFans bribed Meta employees to put rival creators on terror watchlist
20:57 - CEO posts viral crying selfie on LinkedIn after laying off employees
22:08 - Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called his own account a bot
24:27 - Instagram model Courtney Clenney charged with murdering boyfriend Christian Toby Obumseli in Florida apartment
25:56 - Meta injecting code into websites to track its users, research says
26:57 - Cisco hacked by Yanluowang ransomware gang, 2.8GB allegedly stolen
27:55 - Curve Finance resolves site exploit, directs users to revoke any recent contracts
28:58 - Someone Is Trolling Ethereum Celebs by Sending ETH From Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash
29:55 - Windows 11 encryption bug could cause data loss, temporary slowdowns on newer PCs
30:39 - SGX, Intel’s supposedly impregnable data fortress, has been breached yet again
31:46 - Hacker Finds Kill Switch for Submachine Gun–Wielding Robot Dog
32:48 - Pretty Good Phone Privacy Masks Your Android Device ID, Mobile Data
34:08 - 7-Eleven stores in Denmark closed due to a cyberattack
35:22 - Amazon is buying iRobot
36:19 - Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies
36:55 - Class Action Targets Experian Over Account Security
38:34 - DuckDuckGo will block more Microsoft ad tracking scripts to improve browser privacy
39:55 - Chaos after heat crashes computers at leading London hospitals
41:42 - This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You’re Being Followed

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The Level1 Show August 5 2022: Digital Digit Discipline

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0:00 - Intro
2:16 - Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent
3:33 - In Experiment, AI Successfully Impersonates Famous Philosopher
5:11 - Google fires AI engineer Blake Lemoine, who claimed its LaMDA 2 AI is sentient
7:01 - Amazon extends Alexa to enable ambient intelligence
8:59 - Russia leaving the International Space Station in 2024 and will focus on building its own
9:27 - Rocket debris from China space station mission to crash land
10:20 - Pentagon establishes office to track UFOs in space
11:01 - SpaceX breaks record as it sends 46 Starlinks into space Friday
12:15 - NASA Is Planning to Find Aliens Using Spacetime Warped Around the Sun
12:59 - Is the New and Improved Autoblow AI+ the Best Beej Machine a Man Can Get?
15:53 - NASA scientist explains why astronauts should not masturbate in zero gravity
18:02 - Scientists invent 'Necrobot' – a dead spider that can grip
20:01 - Two of the Largest Freshwater Fish in the World Declared Extinct
21:09 - Codebreakers Find ‘Sexts,’ Arctic Dispatches in 200-Year-Old Encrypted Newspaper Ads
23:21 - Damien Hirst to burn thousands of his paintings to show art as ‘currency’
24:39 - Polish institute classifies cats as alien invasive species
25:58 - HSBC becomes first foreign bank to launch Chinese Communist Party committee
26:52 - 'Lord of the Rings’ series trailer debuts at Comic-Con
27:51 - William Shatner Goes Off On New ‘Star Trek’ Shows
28:55 - Shark Bay dolphins forming the equivalent of boy bands to attract a mate, scientists say
30:30 - San Francisco man gets ticket for parking in red zone after curb was repainted while his car was parked
32:00 - Lawmaker wants ‘ghosting’ declared an emotional offense
33:16 - Tehran Cemeteries Cover Graves That Have Pictures Of Women Without Hijabs
34:14 - NYPD touts seizure of toy gun deemed ‘air rifle’ on West Shore

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Level1 News July 13 2022: Bezos vs. Bluegrass

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Gartner foresees steep drop in global PC shipments
1:41 - This ad company subsidiary is teaming up with US carriers to take over your lock screen
3:21 - Video game industry not 'recession proof,' sales set to fall in 2022
5:28 - Apple reportedly plans to launch an ‘extreme sports’ Apple Watch with a larger screen and metal casing
7:23 - West megadrought intersects with data center water use
9:01 - Smart contact lens prototype puts a Micro LED display on top of the eye
10:07 - The First RISC-V Laptop Announced With Quad-Core CPU, 16GB RAM, Linux Support
11:18 - Workers in Campbellsville, Ky. look to join Amazon Labor Union
12:04 - Amazon bars off-duty warehouse workers from its buildings
13:13 - Disney could soon lose exclusive rights to Mickey Mouse
15:30 - Toyota will be the third automaker to lose the EV tax credit in the US
16:30 - No bids on Chevy’s first NFT, even though it came with a free Corvette Z06
17:53 - Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming looks worse on Linux than Windows
19:43 - Crypto broker Voyager Digital files for bankruptcy
20:02 - Uprise lost 99% of client funds while shorting LUNA during its price crash
20:31 - Crypto platform Vauld suspends withdrawals, trading and deposits amid financial challenges
21:33 - Ubisoft to shut down multiplayer for older games, including Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
22:48 - Google to pay $90 mln to settle legal fight with app developers
24:16 - PlayStation Store will remove customers' purchased movies
25:54 - U.S. FTC settles with Weber grills over 'right to repair'
27:56 - Facebook Gave Deleted User Data to Law Enforcement, Lawsuit Claims
30:03 - Meta is dumping Facebook logins as its metaverse ID system
31:40 - Europe faces Facebook blackout
34:32 - Reddit dives into NFTs with new Collectible Avatars
36:45 - TikTok Confirms That Some China-Based Employees Can Access US User Data
37:20 - An FCC regulator wants TikTok removed from app stores. Here's how a company executive responded
39:02 - Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition is reportedly in ‘serious jeopardy’ over spam

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Level1 News July 5 2022: Tik Tok, On the Clock, From the App Stores It Must Drop

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0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Police sweep Google searches to find suspects. The tactic is facing its first legal challenge.
3:56 - California's online kids bill could end internet anonymity
5:16 - Supreme Court rejects Apple’s bid to continue fighting over two Qualcomm patents
6:53 - Bitcoin is the only coin the SEC Chair will call a commodity
7:46 - Factbox-The SEC's response to the 'meme stock' rally
9:14 - Senator posts cryptocurrency bill on GitHub, chaos ensues
10:05 - The FCC authorizes SpaceX’s Starlink system to be used on vehicles in motion
10:55 - FCC commissioner tells Apple, Google to remove TikTok from app stores
12:13 - Company behind Trump’s Truth Social now under investigation by federal prosecutors
12:55 - Tesla virtual power plant pays Powerwall owners to help end brownouts
15:08 - Russian parliament approves tax break for issuers of digital assets
15:46 - China's expanding surveillance allows state to tighten grip
17:31 - A pro-China online influence campaign is targeting the rare-earths industry
18:50 - India delays VPN rules to log customers data by 3 months
19:36 - Brazil is also considering making USB-C chargers mandatory for iPhones
20:31 - RansomHouse extortion group claims AMD as its latest victim
21:25 - California Gun Owners Data Exposed by State Justice Dept
22:15 - Kim Dotcom Not Happy, Says 'Mega Mass Piracy Report' is On the Way
24:35 - A wide range of routers are under attack by new, unusually sophisticated malware
25:52 - Firefox can now automatically remove tracking from URLs
27:06 - Employee gave OpenSea email addresses to 'unauthorized' party
27:56 - Hackers can now bring cargo ships and planes to a grinding halt
29:24 - People Are Using Deepfakes to Apply to Remote Jobs, FBI Says
31:10 - Google warns internet service providers helped distribute Hermit spyware
32:49 - T-Mobile has started selling your app data to advertisers
33:40 - Valorant will start listening to your voice chat in July
34:58 - Google launches Advanced API Security to protect APIs from growing threats
36:21 - Cryptocurrency Titan Coinbase Providing “Geo Tracking Data” to ICE

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Level1 News June 21 2022: The Truth Is Out There (In China)

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - US defence contractor in talks to take over NSO Group’s hacking technology
2:26 - UK approves WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to U.S.
3:46 - Warren proposes sweeping ban on location and health data sales
4:51 - U.S. bill to rein in Big Tech backed by dozens of small and big companies
6:07 - Seattle-based Amazon software engineer goes on trial in test anti-hacking law
8:05 - Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme
9:11 - U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news
10:13 - Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules
12:11 - Qualcomm wins fight against $1 bln EU antitrust fine
13:23 - BTC Crypto Common EU Law Pact Deal Seen by This Month To Regulate Sector
14:15 - Apple’s giving up ground in its App Store fight with Dutch regulators and Tinder
15:34 - We Want to Make Britain a Crypto Hub but With Investor Protections, Says UK's Digital Minister
17:01 - UK regulator plans to launch probe into Google's and Apple's mobile duopoly
18:04 - China detects possible ‘extraterrestrial civilizations,’ state media reports
19:08 - China's bank run victims planned to protest. Then their Covid health codes turned red
21:29 - Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists
22:59 - VPN firms are removing servers in India to avoid customer data sharing rule
23:55 - Japan makes 'online insults' punishable by one year in prison in wake of reality TV star Hana Kimura's death
24:52 - Nigeria’s internet regulator releases draft to regulate Google, Facebook, TikTok and others
26:41 - Africa News: Nigerian Exchange to Adopt Blockchain for Settling Trades by 2023
28:08 - Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites
29:03 - YouTube Shorts tops 1.5B logged-in monthly users, touted as feeder to long-form content
30:37 - Google Talk is ending support for the third-party XMPP apps that kept it going
31:15 - Elon Musk is addressing Twitter employees: Live updates from the meeting
33:00 - Rodolfo Hernandez: Who is Colombia's 'Old Man on TikTok' that could become the next president?

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Level1 News June 7 2022: Federal Bureau of Bad Splash Pages

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Bad news everyone, THE FORBIDDEN ROUTER turned Ryan into a ghost. He should be fine by next week, I did a bunch of incantations and the router is back to normal...

...FOR NOW.

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0:00 - Intro
2:22 - Supreme Court leak investigation heats up as clerks are asked for phone records in unprecedented move
4:45 - US retakes first place from Japan on Top500 supercomputer ranking
6:44 - Amazon Repeatedly Violated Union-Busting Labor Laws, ‘Historic’ NLRB Complaint Says
8:12 - FBI seizes domains used to sell stolen data, DDoS services
9:20 - California Right To Repair Bills Dies In Senate Committee
10:55 - Connecticut will pay a security analyst 150k to monitor election memes for misinformation
11:46 - Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law that tech companies warned would allow hateful content to run rampant
12:17 - ‘Right to repair’ equipment removed from NC Senate farm bill. Why it matters.
13:15 - US ramps up offensive and defensive cyber operations
13:58 - EU deal on single mobile charging port likely June 7 in setback for Apple
14:51 - France bans English gaming tech jargon in push to preserve language purity
17:30 - Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage
18:00 - HP turns back on $1b in annual sales by quitting Russia and Belarus
19:17 - Taiwan Restricts Russia, Belarus to CPUs Under 25 MHz Frequency
20:35 - Singapore to pilot digital asset trading with blockchain, tokenisation
22:31 - Ukrainian fighters take to electric bikes in the war against Russia
23:51 - Elon Musk says Starlink has been approved in Nigeria and Mozambique
24:51 - Vodafone plans carrier-level user tracking for targeted ads
25:56 - Wray: FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children’s hospital
28:24 - Clearview Is Now Selling Its AI To App Developers, School Security Contractors
30:40 - India withdraws warning on biometric ID sharing following online uproar
31:23 - Murena, the privacy-first Android smartphone, arrives
33:04 - A Spotify publisher was down Monday night. The culprit? A lapsed security certificate
33:44 - New Linux-based ransomware targets VMware servers
34:29 - GoodWill ransomware forces victims to donate to the poor and provides financial assistance to patients in need
36:40 - Windows MSDT zero-day now exploited by Chinese APT hackers
37:32 - Costa Rican Social Security Fund hit with ransomware attack
39:02 - ANOTHER Guy Has Leaked Classified Military Documents On The SAME TANK GAME'S forums
40:02 - Remote learning apps shared children’s data at a ‘dizzying scale’

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Level1 News May 31 2022: Farewell, Mr.Dorsey

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0:00 - Intro
7:20 - In private, vulnerable Senate Dems back off tech bill
8:34 - Why the government is unprepared to stop ransomware attacks
9:42 - Twitter will pay a $150 million fine over accusations it improperly sold user data
10:22 - Court: Foreign Torrent Site Operator Can Be Sued in the US
11:33 - SEC weighs crackdown on phony environmental and social justice funds
13:18 - U.S. issues charges in first criminal cryptocurrency sanctions case
14:17 - Navy Ships Swarmed By Drones, Not UFOs, Defense Officials Confirm
15:11 - California parents could soon sue for social media addiction
16:41 - Google 'private browsing' mode not really private, Texas lawsuit says
17:34 - DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica data breach
18:23 - Appeals court: Florida law on social media unconstitutional
19:59 - Spain to invest $13 billion to build microchip industry
20:35 - Dutch police create deepfake video of murdered boy, 13, in hope of new leads
21:33 - China Is 3D Printing a Dam
23:11 - Mysterious firm seeks to buy majority stake in Arm China
23:45 - Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board
24:24 - Twitter Shareholders Sue Elon Musk For Sowing Confusion To Tank Deal
26:57 - Mark Zuckerberg: Metaverse to Lose ‘Significant’ Money in Near Term
27:49 - Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers
29:37 - Facebook Slammed for Spreading Vladimir Putin’s Propaganda in NATO’s East
30:12 - Female avatar sexually assaulted in Meta VR platform, campaigners say
32:31 - Apple's Headset Said to Feature 14 Cameras Enabling Lifelike Avatars, Jony Ive Has Remained Involved With Design
34:26 - Exclusive: Russian hackers are linked to new Brexit leak website, Google says
35:35 - “Tough to forge” digital driver’s license is… easy to forge
36:47 - DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Thought
37:54 - Hackers compromised some Zola user accounts to buy gift cards
39:05 - CrateDepression | Rust Supply-Chain Attack Infects Cloud CI Pipelines with Go Malware
40:17 - Rash of parts thefts is leaving Freightliner trucks inoperable
42:56 - Hacker Steals Database of Hundreds of Verizon Employees

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Level1 News May 24 2022: /b/ all you can /b/

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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Deadlocked FCC could derail Biden's digital equity plans
2:07 - DHS pauses disinformation board, director to resign
3:14 - Court rules SEC’s internal judges are unconstitutional
8:45 - DOJ Announces It Won’t Prosecute White Hat Security Researchers
10:02 - White House slams Bezos criticism of Biden tax comments as "unsurprising"
11:18 - Judge rules California law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional
12:53 - Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data
15:21 - Stablecoins Not Ready for Consumer Payments, US Watchdog Says
17:02 - Miami’s mayor backed MiamiCoin—then its price dropped 95%
19:16 - This new Army recruitment video is a case study in psychological warfare
20:46 - Canada bans Chinese tech giant Huawei from 5G network
22:54 - China is second-biggest bitcoin mining hub despite Beijing's ban
24:18 - Microsoft's Bing search engine reportedly censoring names tied to Chinese politics
25:34 - Hong Kong Mulls Blocking Telegram Channel as Part of Crackdown on Doxing
26:11 - Google's Russia office files for bankruptcy
27:16 - Russia says it's not planning to block YouTube or cut itself off from internet
27:52 - India says VPN firms unwilling to comply with new rules ‘will have to pull out’
28:47 - New Bluetooth hack can unlock your Tesla—and all kinds of other devices
29:53 - The passwords most used by CEOs are startlingly dumb
31:27 - Google Messages RCS being abused for ads
32:01 - Google will start distributing a security-vetted collection of open-source software libraries
33:10 - Total Commander forced to stop letting you install APKs
34:54 - National bank hit by ransomware trolls hackers with dick pics
35:50 - Angry IT admin wipes employer’s databases, gets 7 years in prison
36:38 - Ransomware gang threatens to overthrow Costa Rica government
37:28 - Researchers devise iPhone malware that runs even when device is turned off
40:21 - Web ad firms scrape email addresses before you know it
43:16 - Massive WordPress JavaScript Injection Campaign Redirects to Ads

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Level1 News April 19 2022: The Twit Hits the Fan

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0:00 - Intro
1:13 - US Extradites Man Who Allegedly Sold Backdoored Phones for the FBI
3:04 - Attention in Washington Shifts from Crypto Writ Large to Stablecoins
5:43 - California suggests taking aim at AI-powered hiring software
7:56 - US judge in Google case asks for more information on attorney-client privilege
9:07 - EU Officials Targeted with Pegasus Spyware
10:25 - Apple Faces Further Charges in EU Antitrust Case Triggered by Spotify
12:16 - Meet the 1,300 librarians racing to back up Ukraine’s digital archives
13:26 - Israel's NSO Group appeals to US Supreme Court for immunity in WhatsApp suit
15:22 - Russia reveals RSK Tornado supercomputer platform
17:40 - In response to killings, El Salvador's bitcoin president attacks civil liberties
18:33 - Tencent shuts down Penguin Esports, its rival to Amazon's Twitch, as China's crackdown on tech continues
21:02 - iPhone supplier Pegatron suspends production at two factories in China
21:49 - Ethereum dev imprisoned for helping North Korea evade sanctions
22:35 - Australian 'Finfluencers' May Face up to 5 Years in Jail in Crackdown
24:40 - Turkey considers prison terms for anyone publishing unapproved economic data
25:34 - In major reversal, Elon Musk is not joining Twitter’s board
25:47 - Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter
25:53 - Twitter Board Expected To Fight Musk Offer
28:22 - Buying Twitter ‘is not a way to make money,’ says Musk in TED interview
29:11 - Twitter Board Mulling Poison Pill to Dodge Musk Bid
31:19 - Behind Mark Zuckerberg big plans for AR glasses
33:15 - Meta Plans to Take Nearly 50% of Creator's Earnings in Horizon Worlds
35:47 - Apple Says Plan for Nearly 50% Commission on Metaverse Purchases 'Lays Bare Meta's Hypocrisy'
37:04 - Epic Games Lands $2B As Sony Bets On Its Metaverse
38:58 - Metaverse Company to Offer Immortality Through ‘Live Forever’ Mode
41:28 - Wildlife trafficking thrives on Facebook despite pledge to fight illegal trade
42:39 - TikTok Revenue Set To Surpass Twitter, Snap Revenue Combined
43:56 - Twitter says it’s experimenting with ‘unmentioning’
45:13 - WhatsApp to launch ‘Communities’ — more structured group chats with admin controls
46:58 - Chart: Kids on Social Media

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Level1 News May 3 2022: On The Doc-Chain

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0:00 - Intro
1:34 - U.S. Enters International Initiative to Oppose Online Disinformation and Censorship
2:42 - Mayorkas testifies DHS is creating 'Disinformation Governance Board'
3:48 - US Army could 'waste' up to $22b on Microsoft HoloLens
5:11 - White House seeks more power to counter use of drones in US
7:14 - Musk ordered to abide by SEC settlement over 2018 tweets
9:06 - Fort Worth, TX the first city in the U.S. to mine bitcoin
10:18 - Maine is one step closer to establishing aerospace industry
11:28 - Macron news: French backlash over President's digital ID launch
12:57 - EU Joins Mastodon Social Network, Sets Up Its Own Server
14:13 - Apple iOS browser grip loosened under latest draft EU rules
15:44 - World military expenditure passes $2 trillion for first time
16:34 - UK: Concerns raised over Chinese surveillance camera firm
18:02 - Google, Meta, and others will have to explain their algorithms under new EU legislation
21:10 - Mexico nationalizes lithium industry
22:35 - Tesla (TSLA) tumbles amidst India shutting down car importation from Giga Shanghai, and questions about Musk buying Twitter
23:32 - Bitcoin becomes official currency in Central African Republic
24:53 - Chess.com Banned By Russia
25:42 - Amazon declines to describe search-algorithm data - Australian regulator
27:36 - China plans reprieve for tech giants, to delay new rules as economy slows
28:48 - Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel dismisses Facebook’s metaverse as ‘hypothetical’
29:35 - Twitter admits it overstated users for years
31:18 - Twitter is protecting its source code from disgruntled employees, reports say
31:56 - Twitter Censored Tweets on HBO QAnon Show 'Q: Into the Storm'
33:55 - 30,000 New Users Signed Up for Mastodon After Elon Musk Bought Twitter
36:07 - TikTok-Famous Doctors Are Getting Into NFTs And It's A Mess
39:32 - TikTokers using share bots to rack up massive views & followers
41:27 - Meta Opens First Store To Sell Quests, Portals, And Glasses
43:33 - Facebook parent Meta reports weakest revenue growth for a decade as ad sales suffer
44:32 - Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You

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