By story logic, the henchmen really weren't "true people", but metaphors for environment difficulties. For example, a young adult watching superhero comics would think of homeworks, social media negativities, etc.
Aktually, for most Internet services in China today, one already needs a phone number to create an account, which is linked back to the national ID. So, there isn't any anonymity to begin with.
Rishi Sunak and now Labour are trying to phase out smoking and vaping completely. If passed, anyone born after 1 January 2009 cannot be legally sold cigarettes. It was in the Labour's manifesto during the past general election. Also see this BBC report.
By story logic, the henchmen really weren't "true people", but metaphors for environment difficulties. For example, a young adult watching superhero comics would think of homeworks, social media negativities, etc.