There's an obvious difference between law enforcement having these powers (and we can assume Russian law enforcement does too) and Joe Schmoe having these power

There's an obvious difference between law enforcement having these powers (and we can assume Russian law enforcement does too) and Joe Schmoe having these powers. As Russians have already said in this thread, the main use of this is blackmail and cyberbullying. It certainly is an abused feature. I think the typical "whataboutism" here is distracting from the main issue.