Why would a private US company be ordered to provide anything to researchers just because others do it? What's the logic behind this?
Germany probably already has a system for the government to order ISPs to block certain domains. It would be surprising if any overbearing surveillance state didn't.
Try to access an illegal online casino from Italy, for example.
The US is/was asking a lot more from the private company TikTok iirc.
We can dislike these laws, but they’re not optional.