In my opinion, Google is more of a monitoring station for governments, [1] as is Facebook [2]. I agree that they do not hold the power to directly levy taxes or enforce compliance on their own accord. They can probably influence voting and other aspects of public perception. Netflix has a show called "The Great Hack" [3] that starts to go down this rabbit hole as well.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbKxUYl3WSE
[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shpiVm1qpnw
[3] - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4736550/