The largest technology companies are headquartered in USA and have extensive ties with the US state??? I don't understand how you can think Europe, Africa, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea are unable to develop comparable technology, it's simply that the market opportunities are gobbled up by behemoths grown where the internet was invented backed by US diplomacy.
Anyways, you can read more here:
https://www.amazon.com/Surveillance-Valley-Military-History-...
Anyways, you can read more here: https://www.amazon.com/Surveillance-Valley-Military-History-...