Yes, given all the burgeoning authoritarian states where phones are sold it's clearly population control.

Regardless of country, scanning for material critical of PRC, Lukashenko or Erdoğan is the exact same tech you might want to scan for copyright violations, union organizing, political party opposition, cryptocurrency, or any other dissent your local burgeoning authoritarian wants to pay for.

Both phone OS vendors have over and over proven eager to satisfy every authoritarian, no matter the human impact. We're screwed.