Re: So THAT is why the summers aren't as good as when I was a boy!
maybe new legislation "Down With Things Like That! (2016)"
Your suggestion may be tad late. Faced with amorphous and diffuse global terrorist and cybersecurity threats, legislative bodies in the US and EU are opting increasingly for legislation that empowers those who govern to interpret the law case-by base on a "We know bad when we see it" basis.
Always implied, and often stated is the tag line, "You can trust your government."
That has never worked out well for those who buy into it.
We live in interesting times, and advancing technology and geopolitical change may ultimately force societies to accept that governments need this kind of flexibility to protect their citizens. We can have a free society only if such powers are constrained by laws imposing the most draconian penalties for their abuse. Unfortunately, most of us live in countries whose codes of laws have been carefully crafted to protect those who govern from the consequences of their official actions,
We have decades and miles to go.