[_navierstokes]

Tech companies don't control the government, the government has much more power than them.

Also, within the government there are groups, though they're a minority, that are against big tech.

But yes, the State gets private information [0] and influences content moderation [1] from tech companies, and on the other side big tech spends millions each year lobbying the federal government [2].

[0] - https://www.cloudwards.net/prism-snowden-and-government-surv...

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files ( nos. 6-10 )

[2] - https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2022/01/24...