I'm a fan of free markets and I'll be the first to admit that it's nonsense to have a black and white perception of the world. It's not either 100% free markets or state-driven economy. There's a huge world in-between both extremes. Being a fan of free markets simply means you err towards one side more than the other.

Having common sense regulations and tools like circuitbreakers are fine with me. I wouldn't say it's meaningfully less of a free market just because we have these tools in place to protect us against the automation we use.