Marc-Uwe Kling: "Wir Müssen Die Plattformen Zwingen, Uns Freizulassen" | ZEIT ONLINE
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Marc-Uwe Kling: "Wir Müssen Die Plattformen Zwingen, Uns Freizulassen" | ZEIT ONLINE
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“We could just ban surveillance capitalism.”
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