The courts here regularly shoot down government transgressions, and social media regularly gets it wrong (clicks are god, not facts). Also lets no pretend that it isn't in the agencies interest to perpetuate the idea that they are everywhere all the time watching everything.
Trump has been throwing a hissy fit over the court rulings. Xi doesn't ever do that because there are no courts that can rule against him.
It's only "the exact same thing" if you drink the kool aid all day.
He'll of course executively order those pesky things out of existence in time, or find other workarounds as he currently is.
Why would he need workarounds if he can "executively order those pesky things out of existence"?
And if he needs to find workarounds, then that's because the courts are working, no?