How 2021 was the year governments really started to wise up against big tech

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Tuffley, David
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2021
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After all the bad press tech companies have received, would anyone still be surprised to learn the outwardly smiling face of social media conceals a sophisticated data-collection industry? This year’s headlines delivered news of an array of concerning data and privacy violations from the world’s biggest tech players. But interestingly, it also seemed to be the year governments around the world addressed the problem head on.
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The Conversation
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Political economy and social change
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