[snottynose]

It's funny, concomittant all this chest beating about representing open societies, democracies, unlike those creepy evil authoritarian states which we don't like, that the EC seems hell bent on proving we can have a police state _just_ as intrusive if not more than say: Russia. This is not how we were supposed to prove that we are better.

[toasty228]

> as intrusive if not more than say: Russia.

Ping me when people are physically tortured by police for facebook posts, because that's what happens there.

[undersuit]

Does it have to be your exact example? https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/un-experts-u...

[synecdoche]

Many examples of prison for Facebook posts in the UK. Not bad enough?

[toasty228]

It's bad, just not "We ArE LiTeRaLlY RuSsIa". But I guess it's the logical conclusion of the last few decades of critical thinking erosion and people not being able to form any kind of nuanced opinion

[LPisGood]

How about 30 years in prison for distributing zines?

[watwut]

USA is not member of EU