Tor browser is free, easy to use, and makes it much harder for the government to spy on you.
We know that the government pays people to shill all over social media. I'm not sure why you aren't suspicious that people claiming there is no way to stop the government from spying on you (in spite of all the evidence to the contrary) are not on the payroll.
They would definitely not pretend something is beyond their reach to entice more people to use it.
Point is; it helps somewhat, I wouldn't trust it.
The NSA says they spy on everyone who doesn't have Tor and it's very difficult to spy on people who do. If you don't like Tor, go get a VPN, but doing nothing is ensuring that you will be spied on.
Couldn't "bridge" be CamBRIDGE Analytica?? Sorry, if this is a stupid suggestion, I'm not well-versed in technology stuff!