Because "Everybody does it and gets away with it", as seen in this very comment section, so it doesn't actually put much pressure on the public as far as they are concerned.

Also, "it's done for social harmony"; Very few places are as dogmatically hostile towards social good as the US, and are willing to make individual liberty sacrifices so that everyone may be better off. Arguably this is the same rhetoric or philosophy as the "Thin blue line" American cops love.

Also, your average chinese person just doesn't care to see english language media that much. They have diverse (to them) opinions and culture on their homegrown social media systems, and don't feel a need to leave the walled garden of Chinese internet much in the same way most westerners do not feel the need to join Russia's social media apps.

Also, the CCP "brought millions out of poverty" within living memory. Many people there feel that justifies a hell of a lot of vaguely "bad" actions, or makes it way easier to rationalize things.

The threat of you and your family members getting sent to a labor camp is a good incentive.

Pragmatism, I suppose. The country does well enough economically for people to accept it, not to mention they're used to it all already.