> The entire point is to gain control over internet traffic.

I see many arguments claiming it's about mass surveillance and an invasion of privacy and so on.

We already have mass surveillance, so I don't really buy into those arguments.

I think it's worth considering that it is actually about control. Or more precisely, that it's about dissuading citizens from using social media in the first place.

The damage done to our western democracies from misinformation spread via social media has not gone unnoticed...