It was definitely a test to see how far they could go and everyone complied except twitter.
I saw today they rolled it out in Germany once again proving there is global coordination. One nation (usually from Five Eyes or Europe) is the testing ground for all nations. Gotta mix it up though so the people don't catch on...
You are spot on. These look like isolated, unrelated incidents when scattered around world wide but then when you step back there is clearly a pattern.