Sounds like ones demands have changed, or atleast they got a hold of themselves. whatever lead to them walking back on this, it’s the end of another battle for internet privacy, but not the end of the war. As apps continue to track you in new mysterious ways behind their closed sourced software, and the governments continue to crack down on encryption. Anonymous names are important for privacy too.
I interpreted it more as a “I’m willing to sacrifice all Ameircan’s right for anonymous free speech, which I do value, to take away that of foreigners too.” which is a typical braindead racist take.