I see your point and the appeal of pushing for toughness on the worst side with leniency on the lighter issues. It just seems irrealistic to have basically a "

I see your point and the appeal of pushing for toughness on the worst side with leniency on the lighter issues. It just seems irrealistic to have basically a "don't be evil" policy on gov side while letting gorrilla size businesses roam free. For instance we already have a very bad time dealing with VISA/Mastercard policies that straight dictate what businesses are allowed to thrive online. VISA/MC duopoly is not the gov, yet it has arguably more power on the online cultural landscape. And any gov making their life easier can have them implicitely return the favor in some way would be basically untraceable (the gov might not even need to ask for anything. VISA/MC would just apply changes in line with the gov.'s stated policies) User surveillance is the same, you can't have unruled gigantic entities allowed to do whatever they want, with the gov limited to a small set. That chinese wall is just bound to leak.