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Blurring boundaries: an analysis of the digital platforms-military nexus

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  • Andrea Coveri
  • Claudio Cozza
  • Dario Guarascio

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This paper analyses the mutual dependence between digital platforms, or Big Tech, and the military apparatus. It identifies three main elements at the roots of this relationship: an originary linkage between the development of digital platforms and governments' military R&D efforts, the critical nature of the infrastructures and technologies controlled by platforms, and their role as governments' eyes and ears both domestically and abroad. Focusing on the United States, the paper documents the growing relevance of digital corporations as Department of Defence contractors, examines major multi-year contracts for the development and management of critical military technologies and infrastructures, and discusses the direct involvement of major US-based platforms in war scenarios.

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  • Andrea Coveri & Claudio Cozza & Dario Guarascio, 2023. "Blurring boundaries: an analysis of the digital platforms-military nexus," CIMEO Working Paper Series 175, Centre for Investigation and Modelling of Experimental Observations (CIMEO).
    • Handle: RePEc:ter:wpaper:00175
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    JEL classification:

    • L12 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Monopoly; Monopolization Strategies
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • P12 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Enterprises

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