Yes, they are; yes, the government is abusing a loophole and they also should be stopped; no, it's still not okay no matter who does it.

So you're saying that delegating the suppression of people's fundamental rights to corporations is a hallmark of a fascist state, even if those rights are technically not protected by a written law when attacked by corporations as opposed to government? Well then you're not a "but they're private corporations" weak bootlicking apologist who bemoans "the rights of the corporation" in response to any pushback are not okay