title: TECH GIANTS AS GEOPOLITICAL ACTORS
abstract: This paper examines how private technology firms increasingly shape geopolitical outcomes by controlling critical digital infrastructures such as satellite connectivity, application platforms, and algorithmic information flows.Technology firms such as Apple, Google, TikTok, and SpaceX now control satellites, applications, and algorithms that states rely on for military operations, diplomacy, and opinion-shaping, yet no government fully controls these systems.This paper analyses what follows from
journal: International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology