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by pcrh 4605 days ago
I don't think anyone is surprised that governments monitor the internet in some way, and would target individuals or organizations under suspicion. They would also cooperate with each other, see for example Interpol. The issue is collecting and storing information on the private actions of individuals for whom there is no reason to suspect an involvement in anything criminal.
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Where in any of these articles does it state that they were expressly not storing information on the private actions of individuals for whom there is no reason to suspect an involvement in anything criminal?
>expressly not storing information

I'm not sure what you mean? It is now widely recognized that intelligence services were storing information on people who were not under any suspicion.