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Pluralistic: There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech (01 Nov 2025)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on November 1, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags anticircumvention, bill c-11, canada, dma, elbows up, eu, eurostack, post-american internet, redistribution vs predistribution, tariffs, trump tariffs4 Comments on Pluralistic: There's one thing EVERY government can do to shrink Big Tech (01 Nov 2025)

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