I agree with you... And, if they only did it to the most egregious violators and left the “benign” criticisms alone people wouldn’t necessarily realize it right away either. Yes, there should be some enforcement of laws involving the internet (like harassment, defamation or slander/libel).
Any legislation that is made to deal with violation of federal laws (that ARE allowed by the Constitution) - for instance defense reasons (dissemination of viruses, or hacking by a foreign gov’t, etc..) must be extremely narrow in focus if they are made. They can only limit someone’s ability to continue violation of others, and not give gov’t the power to silence critics from any “side” unless they are being outright in their desires to harm others, are actively hurting others, or giving others a platform on which to actively commit illegal acts.
Basically, I don’t see why we need a new law as most things are already “illegal” anyway and can be dealt with in other ways. Anytime the government wants to pass laws like this I don’t think you can blame people for being skeptical of their true intentions in doing so.
Again, all JMHO.