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“The message I'm trying to send is that technology is political, and that many decisions that look like decisions about technology actually are not at all about technology - they are about politics, and they need to be scrutinized as closely as we would scrutinize decisions about politics.”

Quote by Evgeny Morozov

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Evgeny Morozov is a Russian-born writer known for his critical analysis of the impact of digital technology on society and politics. His work explores issues such as internet freedom, privacy, and technological utopianism. more

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