Yeah, must be pretty hard living in the land of "in fear of this scenario I just made up".
The new protest bill would be unthinkable in most Western countries that care about the freedom to protest and freedom of expression. That is a fact. And the trajectory, at least for now, is still in this direction.
Besides, with "Secure" Boot and the recent Google proposal with web attestation, we should be considering any moves towards limiting what runs on our devices (of which there are plenty these days), no matter how minor or limited in scope, as the mortal threat to freedom of computing that they are.