Of course all governments want to control every move and thought of their citizens. It makes governing easier. We expect that in autocracies.

I don't know about The West as a bloc, but at least the USA was supposed to have respect for the basic individualistic privacy and freedom of the average citizen. We've allowed that to largely evaporate. The differences between the US and something like the PRC are rapidly eroding.

Don't get me wrong, the US is still an order of magnitude more free but you can see a future where the trend lines are converging.