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Padden, Michaela. 2023. "The transformation of surveillance in the digitalisation discourse of the OECD: a brief genealogy". Internet Policy Review 12 (3). DOI: 10.14763/2023.3.1720. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/transformation-of-surveillance-in-digitalisation-discourse.

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Padden M. The transformation of surveillance in the digitalisation discourse of the OECD: a brief genealogy. Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2023 [5 September 2026];12(3). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/transformation-of-surveillance-in-digitalisation-discourse

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