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Why Google, Apple, Meta, GitHub, and Microsoft Get to Decide If You Exist
A. C. Applebee, L. N. Combe · 2026
Preprint, not peer reviewedCC BY 4.0
Abstract
Five corporations -- Google, Apple, Meta, GitHub, and Microsoft -- currently function as de facto identity authorities for the majority of the world's digital population.
Cite
Applebee, A. C., & Combe, L. N. (2026). Why Google, Apple, Meta, GitHub, and Microsoft Get to Decide If You Exist [Preprint]. Omxus Press. https://neotheque.com/papers/because-we-let-them/