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https://rankingdigitalrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/7iber-graphic.jpg660371An original version of this article was previously published on Global Voices. This post is published as part of an editorial partnership between Global Voices and Ranking Digital Rights. Following the Charlie Hebdo shootings in January 2015, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a...