Replace the shortener with the full address
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A shortlink stands in for a full address only where the short host itself names the site; a generic shortener such as bit.ly hides the publisher from the reader.1
- 1R. 18.2.2(d) The URL.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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