> Also, as of a day or two ago, Europeans can be prosecuted for sharing any RT (Russia Today) content, even in private, regardless of content.

If you mean the July, 2 ruling of EU CoJ, I don't see anything there about "even in private". What they said is that if you have a website and put RT videos on it, it's "broadcasting" regardless of whether the website is freely accessible and/or run by a non-profit. Which sounds reasonable to me. The original ban on RT is still silly but that's a separate story.

EU has stronger protections against large private entities. Some people care more about that than they do about government (FWIW I think those people are wrong and the end result is the same, but it's a complicated subject).

> Citizens are guaranteed freedom of expression except in cases where it is necessary to prevent expression to maintain safety or the public order.

in practice thats how the US ends up working as well - with fenced in protest corners and the like, and police declaring protests to be riots and then moving in to stop the expression

> Europeans can be prosecuted for sharing any

Could you provide more details?