When it comes to toppling governments from behind the scenes, not many know the business better than MI6. “Our world is being actively remade with profound implications for national and international security,” Metreweli declared in her first statement as chief of MI6. Her own history speaks to the intricate web of colonial power brokers that have laid the groundwork for the increasingly monopolistic world we now live in. In short, Metreweli’s alarm over corporate power isn’t so much a critique of tech monopolies in general, but a defense of the British state’s role in influencing world governments. More on tech corporations: The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies