@xue @FiveStarAce @Bloomfer @kuba @mullvadnet @HotPolishTakes @Noraweed

well for starters we don't have as many networked surveillance cameras per square meter

we've actually got a prime minister who was elected in a national election

we don't have the same libel laws, and within living memories we had partially dismantled their equivalent (the HRC/HRT system) and removed its basis from our constitution (though our current liberal government reinstated it)

we don't have literally thousands of people being jailed for shitposting on twitter (yet, anyway)

while we did join the TPP and have CSIS/CSEC(among others) watching us, and the federal government is moving on implementing things like internet kill switches, pushing mass surveillance to the edge devices, and regulating social media...we haven't gotten there fully yet. There's a lot of domestic issues that could force a stalemate on these things. We defeated Sam Bulte, even though we lost the broader fight for the WIPOCT and later TPP.

Battles won and lost here can affect europe and vice versa - it's a global fight and most of the important battles are global
but we do have some advantages over the UK