> the tech industry is sleepwalking

The average person on HN, perhaps. From what I know of the interactions between government and tech, they know. Not only have external policy and research reports made this clear, their own internal teams keep them aware, and senior leadership is directly talking to political leaders.

Tech has developed a barrier between people who do the ugly work like Trust and Safety, and the engineering org. Every single tech platform deals with at global level crises regularly.