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mia

(8,361 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 08:23 AM Sep 2018

"Before you continue...."

Just received this pop-up from the Huffington Post. Even their name is chilling. Has anyone here accepted cookies from "the Oath family"?

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"Before you continue...." (Original Post) mia Sep 2018 OP
I'd be very wary. brush Sep 2018 #1
It's Verizon's digital content subsidiary. It acquired HuffPost last year. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #2
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