@heals I think they tend to be more clear about the spirit of their laws than the exact text. the problems arise when American corporations do their best bad-faith interpretation of the text while ignoring the stated intentions of the laws, because that's closer to how the US legal system works 🤷 if you just keep in mind what such laws were supposed to accomplish when interpreting them, none of the rulings have really been that surprising.chatcontrol seems to me like a special beast because it has strong ties to American lobbyists that are in its favour, rather than being intended as a way to regulate them. it's also different in that constitutional lawyers have said will be illegal according to existing law even if legislated, so at least there's that