"Communism - the smelly, broke cousin of fascism."

Kind of, but not the way you think;

https://shows.acast.com/pastpresentfuture/episodes/66d99b6cd4991eb8a6d39ac6

Also, hilariously irrelevant to the topic. The problem here - just like with "age verification" laws in the US - is quite clearly conservative pearl-clutching ("think of the children"). Weaponised by corporate DataFarmers, for whom robust privacy protection is bad for business. lt has fuck all to do with Communism, by any definition.