Well, in my country the citizens managed to push back on broad logging of all internet traffic. It went to court and the logging was deemed illegal. Appealed to supreme court - deemed illegal again. Entered EU court, deemed illegal again.
That was 3 years ago I believe. The logging never stopped and continues to this day. The courts are a lie. Democracy is a lie. Pushing back doesn't matter. The only solution is some sort of technology similar to encryption, Tor, freenet etc.