From the outside, your own country seems to have a dystopian liking for government control of speech and the internet.
If your daily experience does not align with this perception, consider that Texans might be in exactly the same boat as you, perception-vs-reality-wise.
The government of many places, like the EU and Australia, openly and regularly make moves to crack down on individual freedoms in favour of state power - and they aren’t even in criminal trials.
From the outside, your own country seems to have a dystopian liking for government control of speech and the internet.
If your daily experience does not align with this perception, consider that Texans might be in exactly the same boat as you, perception-vs-reality-wise.