Yes, but as I wrote before, I really hope that the life in and development of the Federation won't sink as low as the 2010's and 2020's.
I don't think there is any evidence that it has.
Honestly, it was pretty consistent with what was presented in TNG/DS9. There was a bias against something, a ban against different tech. The synth ban was just like the augment ban. It came from a place of fear of something bad happening again.
Humans, throughout Trek, have been shown, time and again, to be susceptible to fear and irrational thinking. The Federation went through a long period of suffering and became more protective of itself and its members, after the Borg attack, the Cardassian War, the Dominion War, and a Romulan threat, not to mention the intense paranoia felt at some levels due to the Changeling threat.
Then we have Voyager where holograms don't have rights and are used for labor. Synths are just an outcome of that.
As much as I appreciate people not liking Picard I don't see the Federation as being substantially different in policy or modes of operation than past shows.