@jwildeboer Just to be clear, I'm not American either (nor am I European). My point was, I think the motivation was a growing awareness amongst the political class of the political power of social media, and a desire not to have a tool like that in the hands of China (was a similar one used by Russia? Who knows, but if it was, then it would be obvious that it works)
Also sorry if I came of as condescending, I'm still getting used to character limits.