There's a case to be made that the largest tech companies are now larger and more powerful than many governments. Google estimates that there are now more than

There's a case to be made that the largest tech companies are now larger and more powerful than many governments. Google estimates that there are now more than two billion active Android devices, and there's a similar number of active Facebook users. Obviously it's not just about numbers. Google and Facebook can't imprison you or raise an army. But when you consider their influence on communications, their ability to lobby governments, and in some cases their tendency to work around laws (I'm thinking of Uber's 'Greyball'), the idea that the government is the ultimate accumulation of size and power doesn't seem so clear, especially outside the US.