It's always ironic when Americans say this stuff about other countries.
You can't even fly domestic without digital id.
Texas requires id to access porn without a VPN.
Utah Florida and a dozen other states have all brought out new internet censorship laws over the past 2 years.
Even before the UK your government was arresting people for social media comments.
The digital id hasn't been enforced in Australia yet, we are way behind USA as far as the western crackdown against citizens is going.
Australian governments main concern is to get kids off social media and out doing crime because our crime rates are so low that prisons need a boost