In my mind, saying “the poisonous internet” is basically saying “the evil internet”
I disagree. Poison also has it’s positive uses. Which is why it’s a powerful metaphor.
So the confidence I speak of is, I don’t think, misplaced, rather it is a goal. It may not be where we are holding now, but it where we should want to be.
Dovid Hamelech had that goal, but failed his test. We are to take a lesson from him that this is not where our avodas Hashem is. Our job is to avoid nisayon wherever possible, and, yes, build ourselves so that the nisyonos which will inevitably come will be conquerable.
Yes, we shouldn’t run after them, but if we do encounter them, we should realize that it is an opportunity for us to grow and become more holy.
I think in this paragraph you said it better than I did.
In my view, the Citifield asifa, the directives issued, and all of the follow up is directed at the first line in that paragraph.
For all practical purposes, based on human nature, allowing oneself such free and easy access to the temptations available on the internet is running after nisyonos. In the scheme of things, a filter, or refraining from an internet connection altogether, is merely a tool. But the magnitude of the problem, with lo aleinu thousands of “korbonos”, necessitated that a spotlight be shone on this tool.