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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”</p>
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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">Google says it could penalize back button hijacking by demoting websites in search ranking.</p>
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