[drstewart]

>but you're confusing state agencies collecting data with private companies collecting data.

I'm sorry, was I the one that mentioned that the US is a hypocrite because the STATE spies on the internet? I think you're confusing my post with the one that I responded to.

>Despite all its faults, concerning spying and data-collection, the EU is likely the smallest offender out of the big players in this world.

So they're just small hypocrites instead of big ones?

>whataboutism to defend one nation and bash another

Who's defending who? If the US are hypocrites, then so are the EU. Both are spying hypocrites. The whataboutists are the ones that rush to defend Europe because they view it as a utopian ideal.