No. Stop using Hanlon's razor as a magic word that lets those in power evade responsibility for turning tech against people. They already excel at dodging consequences without anyone resorting to lazy two word arguments in their defense.

It doesn't take a computer genius to understand the broader implications this has on civil society. If they genuinely lack the insight to comprehend this, then they certainly wouldn’t be using children as a shield.

I'm not saying they should get a pass for being incompetent. I'm just saying we shouldn't lose our heads theorizing malice.

It's not theoretical - governments all over the world have attempted censorship and surveillance for thousands of years. This isn't some new thing that we're all cooking up right now. We, and they, already know what this is for.

how about Asimov's 3rd Law of Stupid: sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

Fair enough, but still worth being accurate.