Actually,reporting on NK or China's surveillance is usually because they are geopolitical adversaries not because they are dystopian.
So to think that the EU cares about freedom or privacy is to be naïve
The point is that reporting on NK's and China's surveillance of their own citizens is framed as dystopian. The framing only works if they claim that such surveillance is dystopian.
Of course elected representatives don't necessarily have the same opinions as news reporters. But you would expect consistency within the same publication
The system is designed to make you think you have a chance.
Ask the 30 people arrested in the UK everyday for their social media posts what they think of this ability to "fight back".
"In a despicable attack on the freedom of speech, a German right-wing journalist has been sentenced to seven months’ probation for mocking left-wing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser."
"The editor-in-chief of the news website Deutschland-Kurier was punished for sharing a satirical meme on his X account. The meme, which was posted by Bendels last February, shows Nancy Faeser holding up a sign, with the words: “I hate freedom of expression.”"
