Roadway gluing is designed to sway public opinion -> change politics -> affect the corporations.

This is designed to... affect the corporations. (Swaying public opinion could be seen as a secondary effect.)

I also realize it's not that simple. They probably didn't affect Microsoft here, rather a construction company, who are now calling their insurance company? Or the construction company is eating the cost for the damage, because it's deemed that the site wasn't adequately secured?