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Governments questioned as puppets of Big Tech

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A Mastodon post questions the autonomy of national governments, suggesting they are controlled by Big Tech. The post links to an article discussing data centers in Scotland, implying a connection between these facilities and the influence of large technology companies on governmental actions. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing an opinion about Big Tech's influence on governments, with a link to an article about data centers. It does not report on a specific event or development in the AI industry.

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Governments questioned as puppets of Big Tech

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    At what point is it obvious that the # government of most countries are simply the # pupets of # bigtech ? https://www. thecanary.co/uk/2026/07/06/dat a-centres

    At what point is it obvious that the # government of most countries are simply the # pupets of # bigtech ? https://www. thecanary.co/uk/2026/07/06/dat a-centres-scotland/ # datacenter # llm # ai

    LINKS thecanary.co/…/data-centres-scotland

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