U.S. media reports showed that a large number of classified documents – likely to come from the U.S. government – have recently been leaked on social media.

These documents revealed that the U.S. government is not only deeply involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but also continues to closely monitor and wiretap its allies. The incident sparked an international outcry.

According to a poll conducted by CGTN for global internet users, 94.6 percent of respondents strongly condemned the U.S. government's "double standard" behavior on national security issues as a clear act of hegemony.

Following PRISM, the U.S. government has once again been accused of extensive wiretapping and theft on other governments around the world.

According to the poll, 91.3 percent of global respondents believe that long-term and widespread surveillance conducted by the U.S. government is neither justified nor legal.

And 92.1 percent of respondents believed that the U.S. government's behavior is a wanton interference of other countries' sovereignty and national security; 91.9 percent of the respondents believe that this act of the U.S. poses a great threat to global security.

Ironically, the U.S. government, which undermines the national security of other countries, has often used it as an excuse to accuse other countries of cyber surveillance in recent years.

And in this way, it suppresses other countries' high-tech companies and maintains its global technological hegemony and surveillance capabilities. 

According to the poll, 94.6 percent of respondents strongly condemned the U.S. government's "double standards" on national security issues, and considered it another proof of "American hegemony."

Meanwhile, 91.7 percent of respondents believed that the U.S. government's persistent domestic surveillance and theft will only deteriorate its international reputation and cause it to lose credibility with the rest of the world.

The poll was released on CGTN's English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian platforms, with over 30,000 people voting within 24 hours.

(Cover: The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2022. /CFP)