It's very naive to think that the Internet can transcend in any way law enforcement. You may have distributed protocols and crypto, but the state has a monopoly on violence, it controls all infrastructure, and therefore can control all inputs and outputs.

You can't change the world just with technology, as society is a "social construct". And if people want regulation, that's what they are going to get.

Speaking of EU's data protection regulations, it's funny because many people here claim that it doesn't work, and then are shocked to see that it does.

For what is worth, I think EU's data protections are a good thing. Big Tech acted irresponsibly for too long.