[kds]

EU is not a state with a single national mindset and identity - it's a bag of different countries with different fragmented cultures and languages. China has its Baidu and Qzone, and Russia has its Yandex and VK. All this in spite of the obvious lack of Silicon Valley analogs.

[eonw]

the US is a group of states that often times adopt completely different opinions, not sure your first point translates well.