Technically speaking so does the police in Venezuela and Zimbabwe feel threatened by protesters whom are also technically speaking violating laws of those count

Technically speaking so does the police in Venezuela and Zimbabwe feel threatened by protesters whom are also technically speaking violating laws of those countries. But those laws are meant to suppress freedom and to punish those wanting democracy. By claiming such laws and such reports as valid reasons to remove apps and to aid corrupt governments these companies highlight the fact that they will be more than happy to suppress dissidence in their home countries as well. The us, the eu, et al, are officially no longer the freedom loving freedom promoting countries they used to be. In the us the masses are kept under control with managed healthcare and mortgages while in the eu they are kept under control with the threat of cheap labour imports. Enjoy the new reality.