Have you noticed who is being sworn in on Monday? Clearly half of America doesn't care about anything except themselves, through a lens of stupidity because...
It's easy to vilify the other side. I've noticed people on both the Right and the Left do it; single out and make a grievance list of the other side's perceived sins while engaging some minimization, denial or selective ignoring on their own. I was not a fan of either side. Blanket condemnation and over-generalization of people on either side doesn't tend to be accurate or productive.
These are the same people that would easily be brain washed by the Chinese influence like they were Russian so.... at least the Government is saving them from themselves.
I'm guessing regarding the Russian thing, you are going with the accusations back in 2016 that Russian meddling via FaceBook pushed the needle and cost Hillary Clinton the Presidential election, this should've been prevented by FaceBook (sort of a 'Ministry of Truth' thing, perhaps), and thus be extension it was sort of Mark Zuckerberg's fault we saw Trump's first term.
It might be helpful to read (it's a long slog) this:
If you want to cut to the section dealing directly with the accusation Trump was FaceBook's fault,
click here. I think you will see from the description of Trump this is not some Right wing populist propaganda. From the article: "The false yet foundational claim that Russia hacked the 2016 election provided a justification—just like the claims about weapons of mass destruction that triggered the Iraq War—to plunge America into a wartime state of exception."
A key question is whether it is the place of the United States federal government to 'save people from themselves.' We're not talking about minors or the severely mentally ill. We're talking about adult citizens.
And there's evidence to support that the government exercises a lot of power over social media. Silicon Valley is (in?)famously liberal (aside from a love of free market capitalism and minimal regulation). I got the impression Zuckerberg probably voted Democrat. But lately he's been cozying up to Trump. Why? And more than that...Tim Cook contributed to Trump's inaugural fund. The gay CEO of a clearly leftist leaning tech company sent a fat donation to Donald Trump's inauguration fund.
That's how you act when you're scared. And if they're worried about Trump, stands to reason they're worried about other people at other times. Zuckerberg shared some concerning claims about pressure from the Biden administration during the pandemic - saw that in a PC Magazine article online.
So your mention about the government 'saving people from themselves' is an astute observation of the attitude some people in power have.
I think it's the attitude the Chinese Communist Party has when they restrict freedoms. Can't have the peasants running the country.