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A utopian future for the Internet could be secured if the heavy-duty influencers - and the grassroots influencers tweeting along - can create a new global organization peopled with defenders of Internet freedom.

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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San Francisco County
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Naomi R. Wolf
Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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