That is exactly what is happening

They have figured out the path to passing any draconian laws they want to saddle them with money and power... "its for the kids!" Don't forget, "We want to make sure you are not driving down the street with kids that are not yours... So we need Flock cameras on every corner to spy on your movements 24/7" BTW, Telegram is not exactly safe. Not only is it LEO's favorite tool for luring BLs to a seemingly private chat "Chris Hansen style", it was breached in 2016. https://www.huntress.com/threat-library/data-breach/telegram-data-breach It's better to use an E2EE service where you give no personal information like Session or SimpleX. Also make sure you are connecting with a VPN so your first node path is not exposed to your ISP. The age verification laws vary drastically. Like I mentioned in the article the one they are trying to double-down in the EU would grant root access to spy on your device BEFORE E2EE occurs. HORRIBLE! While others like the brackets are moderately ok (for now) because it still cannot scan your system, however there could be a leak if you visit a site anonymously and it sends a bracket resolve as "yes" and that could potentially be tracked through the device provider. Best to use Tor in this case for those sites (like this one). As for social media, at this point, its just not a good idea to be on it. If you must, you need to isolate your connection otherwise they will fingerprint you and connect your instance to the profile they keep of you. Best is to use QubesOS and have a social media window and create all separate accounts with no tie back to you. Never login outside of that environment. It's sad what we have to go through just to exist, isn't it?