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by NotHereNotThere 2468 days ago
Would you please enlighten us and name one (1) country that does not spy on its citizens (with some amount of evidence please)?
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The difference is that intelligence gathering after obtaining a subpoena is an acceptable practice. The heat that the US was under was for their mass surveillance of its own population.
UK, South Africa recently both acknowledged that they do bulk collection too.

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3164/two-states-a...

The US got there first, but it seems other countries have been rapidly catching up.

I guess the point parent comment making is spying on the world (including allies)