It's hard to remember now, but the internet used to be fun.

I can't believe how easy it is to surf the net.

Surf's up!

On Longshadow, breaking the internet, we'll trace how a tool that once fueled democracy...

Opposition activists organized the march on Facebook...

...became a weapon aimed at the very heart of it.

You're watching the unraveling of our democracy right now.

From Longlead and PRX, this is Longshadow, breaking the internet.

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Freedom of speech in academia is a linchpin of democracy.

You should have freedom to express your views, your political views, through protest and other media, as long as it's done peacefully and lawfully.

I'm Carolyn Beeler. Today, how the UK is trying to protect that freedom as campus protests come under fire.

Also on the show, what it means

that several of Russia's neighbors are quitting an agreement not to use landmines. And Iran is

deporting refugees from Afghanistan by the thousands. People have left their belongings.

They are exhausted, worried, afraid. Plus a big weekend at Wimbledon for a Polish tennis

player. I feel like tennis keeps surprising me and I keep surprising myself. That's all I had

today on the world. This is the world.

This is The World. I'm Carolyn Beeler. Thank you for starting your week with us.

Marco Wormann is off today. We begin this hour at the White House, where President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta made a much anticipated announcement today about

plans to send U.S. made weapons to Ukraine. We are going to be sending them weapons and

they're going to be paying for them. Trump, they're making the point that the U.S. would not be

...