It's thoroughly exhausting to read this kind of comment. It's pedantic and soapboxing at the same time, the two worst types of comments I come across in HN.

> I was under the impression that the above entities already have the largest megaphone of all through the uncritical mainstream press.

Where do you get this impression that the mainstream press/media is uncritical of the EU? The EU is a large body, obviously they would have a large megaphone, what's your actual issue with the EU governing bodies creating their federated platform to share their statements? And how exactly is that showing their want to control the Internet discourse? Just by participating in it are they trying to control it, in your worldview?

Again, abstain from this soapboxing (at least on HN), it's definitely low-quality comment.