I don't really like how western governments are coordinating all these massive law changes together. Something distinctly sinister about it.

Amen to that.

I don't think Europe and the US share enough values to do it on a lot of fronts, so perhaps that will shield me as an American.

But it seems like a lot of that coming down the hatch for most of Europe.

It’s governments with similar cultures and practices, all tackling a relatively new phenomenon.

Coming up with similar laws could just be convergent evolution rather than coordination.

You also can’t discount that once one country has tried it others that we’re considering similar legislation are much more likely to take the plunge if the outcomes in the first country aren’t negative

something sinister in the masses of misinformation, especially political/social that takes place in those spaces too.

Sounds like you'll have problems sourcing NATO national IDs in St. Petersburg to create fake accounts.