Can anyone try to explain to be how this is not a strain of mind-reading and thought crime? I mean, sure, we’re several decades away from the big event where society will adjudicate thought-crime, but this appears to be one of the first skirmishes.

Thought crime has been illegal in the EU/UK for quite some time. But only a certain kind of thoughts

ThoughtControl 2030: EU wants to scan all private thoughts and communications. Encryption as a concept prohibited except for corporations with security clearance and political connections.