this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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The US and UK governments have literally that
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempora
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden
You should probably read your own links. It only reinforces what I said. Also, I'm thankfully not American.
I assume you're referring to the fact that it claims to be based on court orders
You might want to look into what the FISA court counts as oversight