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(?i)\b((?:(?:[a-z][\w-]+:)?(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'".,<>?«»“”‘’]))
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Looks like an URL matcher of some sorts, not limited to HTTP. Kudos for handling parentheses as valid URL characters.
URLs can have newlines too
What. The. Fuck.
/unlearn
Also no encoded basic auth or raw ip addresses (not that a useful website would likely use raw ipv4 or 6 since that causes huge CORS and sometimes even DNS issues...)