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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 58 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

As Snowden, Assange, and other whistleblowers have shown, in The Land of the Free™ the carriers are in bed with the government. I doubt it’s all that different in other Five/Nine/Fourteen Eyes countries.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'd imagine it's more or less the same all over, as long as the government can put pressure (or directly owns) the ISP.