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>>tokai+(OP)
Is Europe sliding into feudalism? The impression is that the government/megacorp complex are the lords, everyone else should accept their place as a serf and do whatever they’re told.

>>cobbzi+Sf
Where is the difference to the US, China or the UK?

Governments often try that kind of nonsense. Usually against organized crime, terrorism, child abuse.

But in the end it’s just used for the heavy crimes like copyright infringement

>>croes+5g
The US, at least, has a Bill of Rights that would make this illegal, it would definitely violate the 4th Amendment and maybe the 1st too.

>>cobbzi+kg
The EU also has laws that make it illegal. It annulled a previous law with some of these provisions, the so-called Data Retention Directive.