Also where do you see Venezuela?

> It's a lot more than I've seen than evidence for the claims of Yandex proactively sharing data with the Russian government.

The difference is that checks and balances are much stronger in US, and such activities can be successfully investigated and government sued.

As an example, your verizon case was successfully challenged: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klayman_v._Obama

In Russia, court system works in manual mode from Kremlin.

> Also where do you see Venezuela?

I misread, you are right.

Do you really expect the US government to literally publish their illegal surveillance operations on Wikipedia as proof?

Snowden's leaks and his statements should be enough to understand the big-tech surveillance apparatus aids the government under the table.

You say that after we were talking about the NSA literally spying on US citizens, and without any proof? C'mon, are you really going to badger me about not having having the exact "hard evidence", and not even read my sources or provide ANY evidence yourself.

edit: Yes, it got challenged AFTER needing to be leaked by a whistleblower that still can't return to his home.

Good chance is that whistleblowing would be protected in this specific case.

> Snowden was charged with theft, “unauthorized communication of national defense information” and “willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person,” according to the complaint. The last two charges were brought under the 1917 Espionage Act.

Government can charge him with whatever they want, it is up to court to decide if charges are valid.