alt Hacker News> hint: it's not because of the kids
Why the silly conspiracy theory? Can't something just be stupid and bad but well-intentioned? You really think lawmakers are involved in some secret cabal that wants to track everyone's activities online? If anything, jurisdictions have shown that they are very interested in preventing the tracking of people's activity online, they just don't know how to do it!
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>You really think lawmakers are involved in some secret cabal that wants to track everyone's activities online?
...yes? Not so secret though. The internet gave everyone the power to take matters in their own hands and read up on different sources from different countries and people and to talk to more people. They don't want to lose power and want their citizens to be uninformed and not coordinate efforts to critizice them and hold them accountable. Not only online but also offline because more and more surveillance cameras get installed, police gets more powers, checks citizens without suspicion.
Did you forget the Snowden leaks?
There are plenty of examples of law makers passing policy to make online and digital surveillance easier.
See TOLA in Australia, the UK trying to backdoor iCloud, Lawful Access to Encrypted Data act.
Surveillance is often sold with safety as the primary narrative.