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Big Tech and the US Digital-Military-Industrial Complex

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|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ie-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1613-964X | Journal ISSN: 0020-5346
Language: English
Page range: 81 - 87
Published on: Apr 19, 2025
Published by: ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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