This dragnet style policing is effin scary. And no this wasn't some extremist video they were watching, it was just a random video that they suspected the suspect watched. The implications of this are very serious. To use Youtube privately you can use newpipe or invidious.

The EU has approved bans on commercial anon cash payments of more than €3000 and all business cash payments over €10000. Anon crypto payments to hosted wallets are banned. This is an absolutely disgusting assault on liberty. This reminded me of how the BSA(bank secrecy act) limits in the US have never been adjusted for inflation in 50 years, leading to a gradual increase in tyrannical financial survelliance. 10k in 1970 was a lot of money, today you can't even pull out enough cash to buy a new car without triggering an SAR(suspicious activity report).

Patrick Breyer

EU cash cap and ban on anonymous crypto payments results in financial paternalism

The majority of the EU Parliament's lead committees today approved far-reaching new anti-money laundering laws: Anonymous cash payments over �...

Can one of the statists please explain to me how in the hell a 30% tax on BTC mining, on running a computer program, is in any possible way constitutional?