ClownFiesta

Apart from the incessant use of “International Law” without willing to back it up with any sort of hard power, nothing worth noting has been coming from Europe. Kill surprise.

stoat.chat seems like a good alternative.

The UK is spending billions on green energy and has the highest electricity prices in the world.

Centralization tends be self-reinforcing. Social unrest might cause the public to demand more safety measures, which usually come at the expense of freedoms. I’d also wager that the lower the level of trust in government is, the more they want to impose control and authority.

And in the EU specifically it is because lobbyists have been working overtime to try and pass chat control: https://borncity.com/win/2023/09/27/european-union-which-lobby-organizations-are-behind-the-plans-for-chat-control/