Why on earth would we want MORE restrictions and government interference / intrusion in our affairs? Especially in this era of worldwide creeping authoritariani

Why on earth would we want MORE restrictions and government interference / intrusion in our affairs? Especially in this era of worldwide creeping authoritarianism? The only way implement these sorts of mandates is stomping all over a developer's right to freedom of expression. I'm a firm believer that code is speech and that limiting what a developer can do is infringing on his own right to free speech.