Sounds like something the Iranian government would do.
And the Stalinst USSR government. And the Nazi Germany government. And the Chilean government under Pinochet. And the Saudi government. And on and on.
If asked what it is I like most about being American I would have to say it's not having to worry about this kind of oppressive nonsense. Freedom of thought and expression are a citizen's most valuable assets. Monitoring our thoughts is theft of those assets and cannot be tolerated. Because once that protection is gone everything else we value will quickly follow.
1984 has come and gone. But
Nineteen Eighty Four is right around the corner.