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Nicholas Boothman
He stared at the message. For what it's worth. What was it worth? His reputation? His freedom? His future?
He typed back: Thank you. I miss you.
She didn't respond.
Jinji's computer beeped. "We've got movement. The government is preparing to shut down Verax. They're going to claim it's a national security threat."
"Can they do that?"
"They can try. But I built this thing to be unkillable. It's distributed across 10,000 servers in 50 countries. They'd have to shut down the entire internet to stop it."
"They might try."
"Let them. Every attempt to censor us just proves we're right. That they're afraid of the truth."
Henry looked at the screens. At the data flowing in. At the millions of people downloading Verax, using it, sharing it.
The revolution was spreading. But so was the chaos. Reports came in from everywhere.
Marriages ended.
Businesses collapsed.
Friendships dissolved. People couldn’t lie anymore.
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