The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality and the Architecture of the Internet

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The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality and the Architecture of the Internet. / Sprenger, Florian.
Lüneburg: meson press, 2015. 127 p. (Digital Cultures Series).

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Sprenger F. The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality and the Architecture of the Internet. Lüneburg: meson press, 2015. 127 p. (Digital Cultures Series). doi: 10.14619/005

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