Oh yes they are. Just more stealthily via ID doxing age verification and speech censorship regulations.
The first country to introduce it was Australia, which is only related to Europe by participating in Eurovision
It isn't.
> but a wordwide trend
And that's supposed to make it ... FINE?
LIke "Hey, the entire world is becoming an authoritarian surveillance state, what do you expect the EU to do? NOT do it?"
YES! That's what I expect. I don't want the EU becoming China but with a blue flag.
The first country to introduce it was Australia, which is only related to Europe by participating in Eurovision