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Hikers, park rangers, and summer residents of Iceland's\r
- northernmost peninsula are seeking to keep the area free from\r
- internet service, worrying that all that comes with it "will\r
- destroy a way of life that depends on the absence of [email,\r
- news, and social media]," reports the Associated Press. "The\r
- area has long resisted cell towers, but commercial initiatives\r
- could take the decision out of Icelanders' hands and push\r
- Hornstrandir across the digital divide." From the report:\r
- Despite or because of its remoteness, Iceland ranks first on a\r
- U.N. index comparing nations by information technology use,\r
+ northernmost peninsula are [1]seeking to keep the area free\r
+ from internet service , worrying that all that comes with it\r
+ "will destroy a way of life that depends on the absence of\r
+ [email, news, and social media]," reports the Associated\r
+ Press. "The area has long resisted cell towers, but commercial\r
+ initiatives could take the decision out of Icelanders' hands\r
+ and push Hornstrandir across the digital divide." From the\r
+ report:\r
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+ > Despite or because of its remoteness, Iceland ranks first on\r
+ a U.N. index comparing nations by information technology use,\r
with roughly 98 percent of the population using the internet.\r
Among adults, 93 percent report having Facebook accounts and\r
two-thirds are Snapchat users, according to pollster MMR. Many\r
it would require or prohibit hasn't been fleshed out. The last\r
full-time resident of the rugged area moved away in 1952 -- it\r
never was an easy place to farm -- but many descendants have\r
- turned family farmsteads into summer getaways. Northwest\r
- Iceland's representative, Halla Signy Kristjansdottir, is in\r
- favor of adding cell towers for the safety of sailors and\r
- travelers in the area. "I don't see anything romantic about\r
- lying on the ground with a broken thigh bone and no cellphone\r
- signal," Kristjansdottir said in an interview.\r
+ turned family farmsteads into summer getaways.\r
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+ Northwest Iceland's representative, Halla Signy\r
+ Kristjansdottir, is in favor of adding cell towers for the\r
+ safety of sailors and travelers in the area. "I don't see\r
+ anything romantic about lying on the ground with a broken\r
+ thigh bone and no cellphone signal," Kristjansdottir said in\r
+ an interview.\r
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+ [1] https://www.apnews.com/71cdfb7b1c2245069a6f681f8b8f906f/Wi-\r
+ red-Icelanders-seek-to-keep-remote-peninsula-digital-free\r
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