> Why is it acceptable for the government to stop me pouring crude oil into Sydney Harbour, but not to stop current status quo "acceptable" (but probably very harmful) behaviours like social media?

Kind of obvious why - the scale of harm.

Think for a second, smoking is still legal. Smoking literally gives cancer and has insane societal cost. But somehow it's acceptable.

Thus yes, privacy argument is a very reasonable argument 'on the Internet'.

Laws asking digital ID are worse than the problem they are supposed to solve.