The only way to fight this nonsense is to educate people about encryption and how to use it correctly.
Easier said then done. Most people aren't interested. I speak from experience.
Unfortunately I know what you mean, forget something fairly complicated like encryption most people can't be bothered even learning about how their free speech and expression is being attacked unless it takes them five minutes and even then that's a struggle, I live in that shithole of a country for fuck's sake.
I've thought that many times, but nobody said it couldn't get worse. It's also probable it will get even worse out of Europe, as there will be no supranational power to grant consumer rights to anyone, but I guess that's what the Brits wanted.
Are you kidding? Because power is now transferring from Brussels to the UK we'll have far more control over our laws, we'll be able to boot out MPs now that try to fuck around and push through mass surveillance and censorship because we've preserved our sovereignty. Had the remain vote won it would be far more difficult to counter the super state that Junker and his beauracrats are trying to establish with the help of British MPs.