Where are the celebrities and public figures taking a stand against this?
Where are the grassroots organizations organizing protests and promoting sousveillance programs against the authoritarians who want to take away our rights and privacy?
The reason why this is all happening at once is because there's no resistance to it.
Until there's meaningful resistance you're just gonna see authoritarian policies keep snowballing.
They're afraid of losing their job or being painted as someone who supports terrorists, pedophiles, or other criminals.
Many of them support it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(organization)#Notable_s...