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Names: Bhagwat, Ashutosh, author.
Title: Killing the messenger : the war on social media / Ashutosh Bhagwat, University of California, Davis
Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2025011542 | ISBN 9781009547680 (hardback) | ISBN 9781009547703 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Social media – Law and legislation. | Online social networks – Law and legislation. | Social media – Government policy. | Public policy (Law) | Privacy, Right of. | Big data. | Freedom of speech.
Classification: LCC K4345 .B44 2025 | DDC 343.09/944–dc23/eng/20250317
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