>The control and power of companies like Google and Microsoft is devastating to governments around the world because they have the power and the right to contro

>The control and power of companies like Google and Microsoft is devastating to governments around the world because they have the power and the right to control whatever data they provide via their search engines. Actually, it's the exact opposite. They are tools of control. Google and Microsoft happily provides the governments of the world with whatever information they want about their users.