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Excessive use of technology: can tech providers be the culprits?

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Seeking to assess the possible responsibility of tech providers for excessive use patterns.

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 64, Issue 1
      January 2021
      115 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/3444848
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