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While the Internet is theoretically decentralized and thus controlled by no single entity, many argue that tech companies such as Amazon, Meta, and Google represent a small concentration of organizations that have unprecedented influence over the information and money on the Internet. In some countries, certain parts of the Internet are blocked via censorship.

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