Angela Merkel is right for once here, these companies can and do influence public perception and even elections. This is seen in the current US election where

Angela Merkel is right for once here, these companies can and do influence public perception and even elections. This is seen in the current US election where all except for Facebook quite overtly try to suppress the conservative viewpoint. But my big issue with what she is stating (aside from the refugee invite to the EU) is that she wants governments to control what kind of message is put out. With private control and ownership we still have at least some media that presents an alternative viewpoint to the current left leaning mainstream. (I'm talking about big corporations) With government control it could easily be 100% percent biased in one direction. It's bad enough already but this would be even worse.