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The internet is rotting – let's embrace it

  • Written by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, University of Oxford
How can you forget when the internet won't let you?vchal/shutterstock.com

I have just taken an entire website and gigabytes of data offline. It covered a highly successful series of conferences on the data economy. It brought together thought leaders and key decision-makers from around the world for annual retreats – over a decade ago. And...

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