> There’s even a wikipedia page for it

There is a Wikipedia page on surveillance in Austria, and the US. Not sure what your point is, it's not like most of the west isn't under surveillance or that the UK is more monitored than other countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite...

Or are you implying that Germany doesn't have any surveillance because it doesn't have a dedicated English Wikipedia page?

There is a lot of rhetoric aimed at the UK, and I'm not saying it's great, but there is a lot of convenient omission on other countries actions.