Responding to this involves so many "on the other hand" comments that I feel like I need to be part squid, but here I go.
On one hand, I have never trusted (and will never trust) George Soros.
On the other, he managed to be completely right about Facebook and Google having the potential to wield such a web of control. In fact, there are many who would opine we are already seeing that happen.
On still another hand, he is behind so many censorship drives that he is largely to blame for that.
On still another hand, the most totalitarian surveillance states in the world are the ones where Facebook and Google are blocked (or at least partially censored in some milder cases) for being too difficult for the State to control, including China (where Soros is revered as a saint) and to and admittedly lesser extent Russia (where he is hated).
On STILL another hand, it is ironic in light of that fact, to hear that his solution to the problem is tighter government control over social media,
And on STILL another hand is the fact that state control over social media runs the immense risk of creating the very monster he is allegedly setting out to destroy, not by limiting social media's power to control information but by harvesting it for existing institutions to tighten their hold on power.
I mean... who do I trust when my enemy is warning my enemies that another enemy is dangerous?