Whenever you operate on the global scale and you have this much influence, it is almost expected that such entity is infested with governmental agents, it would be stupid for not doing it if you care about security of your country
However, the problem whenever one question this publicly, and the consequences/side effects, you get flagged as some sort of conspiracy theorist, which is unfortunate
They can do a lot of harm to favor their national giants over foreign ones, i'm pretty sure that's how Azure was able to penetrate in the EU despite having OVH
Maybe the reason why google favors instagram over tiktok, who knows at this point
However, the problem whenever one question this publicly, and the consequences/side effects, you get flagged as some sort of conspiracy theorist, which is unfortunate
They can do a lot of harm to favor their national giants over foreign ones, i'm pretty sure that's how Azure was able to penetrate in the EU despite having OVH
Maybe the reason why google favors instagram over tiktok, who knows at this point