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<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><a href="https://isoc.live/16296" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/its-fragmentation-300x169.png" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:24px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Monday 6 February 2023</strong> at <strong>7:00-8:00 MST</strong> (<strong>14:00-15:00 UTC</strong>) the <strong><a href="https://www.itsworld.org/" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">International Telecommunications Society</a></strong> presents a webinar '<strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3JNeelz" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Internet Fragmentation, Reconsidered</a></strong>'.</p>
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