The Chinese government, and now others will also look more seriously into these matters, seems justified in building their Great Firewall after these constant stories of the surveillance state at work domestically and internationally.

We can't even keep the NSA from illegally prying into alleged "domestic terrorists" like Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/nsa-surveillan...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29968101

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