If authorities want to ban criticism or dissent online about flawed government policy then lots more people need to start commenting on those posts. Not just friends or family from the local area but also people internationally with similar views.

If only a few people post they can easily ban or charge them but if thousands/millions post what are they going to do, ban or arrest everyone? They want the chilling effect because that means fewer people sticking their necks out to challenge the system which means they are easier to chop off. If people work together to enact change they can't chop off everyones head or people might start to realize their rulers are not the good guys.

What they are terrified of is the people uniting and working together. But hoping for a united humanity in the face of a psychopathic ruling elite hell bent on exterminating a large percentage of the human race may be hoping for too much when millions of people can be so easily distracted and divided with such pointless crap as the colour of a dress or if a voice says "yanny" or "laurel".