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  "textContent": "Five Years Ago This week in 2021, Australian news sites were reacting bizarrely to Facebook’s withdrawal from sharing news in the country, just before Facebook caved and decided to restore news links. The whole ordeal was surrounded by silly reactions so we pointed to the best summary of everything, and also looked at how it […]",
  "title": "This Week In Techdirt History: February 22nd – 28th"
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