It would be more accurate to say that the people in power benefit from the working class having as little recourse as possible and they use moral panic, such as this or child endangerment, as the tip of the spear to take actions that limit the rights and freedoms of the working class, such as repealing Section 230 or implementing mandatory identification checks.
You're operating under the assumption that the government wants what's best for you and is merely incompetent and misguided, which is... well, optimistic.