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That's the same thing! Or do you honestly believe the US regime would go: "Oh boy, that's a nice pile of data Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Amazon have there. Too bad we can't get our hands on that. Oh welp 🤷"
They subpoena the corp in question and are handed the data.
And with the amount of government-aligned oligarchs at the top of various media houses it'd be endlessly naïve to assume the media they publish wasn't parroting the government narrative. Just take the reporting regarding Israel's atrocities (or lack thereof) for example.
It's all about thought control. As you say, you can't incarcerate an entire population. But you can make them believe they're free.
Why would they subpoena it? Who do you think their customer is already? It's not the people being spied on, I can tell you that.