When you say it like that it sounds less scary than "deanoymization so the government can track down people saying things it doesn't like." Let's not forget the UK has more people in jail for things they said on the internet than Russia and China put together.
Depends on your state and laws and you can look around at how that's going - maybe you'll have brought a first aid kit to the wrong event or helped print some zines and they want to check up on you now.
https://pa.media/blogs/fact-check/fact-check-international-d...
Don’t think that the claim stands up to scrutiny, since its comparing unlike things.