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Consider some of the more complex issues regarding our online lives. Choose one of the following prompts and write around 400 words about your thoughts.
Talk about an experience you've had with the Deep Web
Talk about an experience you've had with open source software
Talk about an experience you've had with limited access due to the limits to net neutrality
Talk about an experience you've had where a company or political entity has limited access to the internet
DO Post a couple of key ideas from your critical response writing. This should be a sentence or two.
DO NOT Post the full text of your critical response. This will result in an automatic zero.
Everyone will be responsible for posting at least three times, but more active conversation is encouraged. The forum will be moderated, so please keep things civil and polite.