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My name is John Lloyd, head of European

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campaigns at Mozilla, and today we're

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here to do something special for The Guardian.

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When The Guardian noticed that

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old articles of theirs were being posted

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as new news to push extremist viewpoints

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online, they added the date so that

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people knew instantly that what they

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were seeing was an old story. This is a

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small but very important step in

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fighting misinformation online. So we're

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here today to deliver a giant thank you

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card signed by the Mozilla Foundation

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and nearly 27,000 other Mozilla

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supporters.

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It's just our small way of saying thanks

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to The Guardian for taking leadership

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in fighting against misinformation

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online, and if other publishers take the

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same step, we'll be able to go a long way

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in fighting disinformation worldwide.

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So on behalf of Mozilla and nearly

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27,000 Mozilla supporters, we just

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want to say thank you so much for

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stepping up to tackle misinformation

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online.

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Whoa! Wow... Whoa!

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Thanks so much,

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it's a really fantastic thing to be able

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to get a card with so many signatures

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that help us understand that what

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we've done is something that other

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people value too- especially in an age

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when, with social platforms, people need

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context around journalism more than ever.

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So thanks ever so much and thanks to

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everyone who signed it.