Money isn't the only thing they are after. The Chinese would love to limit content as well.
"The Chinese would love to limit content as well."
The money is first though. The content can be controlled at any time, in many ways. If in one swoop they can get the US to start paying taxes to the UN they get an administrative "in" to the US.
The democrats have been doing this for years. If you tax something you need officials and programs to be sure you are getting all the tax and that the tax is going to the "right" uses. So you also have records of where users go and what they see.
With the records and monitoring comes control of content. But first get the money so you can make your government agency even bigger and better at monitor and control functions.
It always comes back to the money when government is involved.