It's not even a case of politics for these companies. They need to avoid regulation to survive. The most important asset these companies have are highly skille

It's not even a case of politics for these companies. They need to avoid regulation to survive. The most important asset these companies have are highly skilled and sought after researchers. How appealing will Google be to work for if the projects they work on are designed to: * prevent access to information that researchers require for their studies * stall or prevent innovation * favour established and inflexible industries over startups * increase the amount of bureaucracy everyone has to deal with * force problems into hiding rather than providing real solutions