> The second is to prevent anti-imperialist arguments and perspectives from reaching the eyes and ears of young western people.

Sounds like you're complaining that these measures will make it hard for authoritarian governments to astroturf young western people so that they radicalize and hate each other more.

I think fighting authoritarianism with authoritarian measures is counter-productive.

Because everything my government does is good and everything the other governments do is bad, as that's what the state-sponsored media I consume told me!