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These threats to ban social media have shown that this topic is all about power and control and nothing about the people. Instead of investing in long term, sustainable solutions - less centralized networks, open algorithms, interoperable protocols - countries have been trying to reduce exposure to the internet to minimize damage.

Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.

Ah, yes. Store data at the risk of it being hacked or used by companies in order to protect the people from themselves.