The JWs in my country can't preach to anyone these days and they're going crazy. I live in Romania and initially during the COVID-19 lockdown they were very enthusiastic about preaching. They've since held daily "field service meetings" on Zoom. They wrote letters to all kinds of people and pestered them with phone calls. The elders found online phone books and assigned territories. They would bother strangers in very awkward unwanted phone calls asking their moronic JW questions. People didn't take kindly to being constantly bothered with phone calls from strangers, so they threatened the websites that published their phone numbers to sue.
In the EU there are various laws, like GDPR, that regulate breaking privacy and using other people's personal information very strictly. Publishing someone's phone number without their consent is basically illegal. Giving them unwanted phone calls repeatedly and bothering them is illegal. Writing them unsolicited letters is illegal. Having a conversation and broadcasting that private conversation on Zoom without consent is also illegal. JWs were basically breaking the law and people have had enough after months of being harassed.
Now, the preaching work is basically gone. Those websites with phone registries were taken down. They aren't allowed to write letters to strangers anymore. They can't call strangers anymore. Even their friends and families have had enough of their 'preaching' work after months of daily calls on religious matters. Now the CO is encouraging them to do pioneering, but they don't have anyone to preach to and they're going crazy. It's quite hilarious! Anything similar happen in your country? I expect similar things happening in most European countries.
In the EU there are various laws, like GDPR, that regulate breaking privacy and using other people's personal information very strictly. Publishing someone's phone number without their consent is basically illegal. Giving them unwanted phone calls repeatedly and bothering them is illegal. Writing them unsolicited letters is illegal. Having a conversation and broadcasting that private conversation on Zoom without consent is also illegal. JWs were basically breaking the law and people have had enough after months of being harassed.
Now, the preaching work is basically gone. Those websites with phone registries were taken down. They aren't allowed to write letters to strangers anymore. They can't call strangers anymore. Even their friends and families have had enough of their 'preaching' work after months of daily calls on religious matters. Now the CO is encouraging them to do pioneering, but they don't have anyone to preach to and they're going crazy. It's quite hilarious! Anything similar happen in your country? I expect similar things happening in most European countries.