Google and Microsoft Have Made a Pact to Protect Surveillance Capitalism

Julia Powles

Google and Microsoft Have Made a Pact to Protect Surveillance Capitalism

UWA Law School

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Two bitter rivals have agreed to drop mutual antitrust cases across the globe. Why? To fend off the greater regulatory threat of democratic oversight.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Guardian
Publisher	The Guardian
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2016

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