The application of digital technology has constructed a new social life scene, providing realistic support for the modernization transformation of social governance. Digital enabling social governance is an important trend to promote modernization of social governance system and governance capability. However, the social governance of digital empowerment suffers a dilemma of deviating from the technical means and objectives, imperfect systems and mechanisms, and insufficient digital literacy and capabilities. Therefore, it is crucial to clear up misunderstandings of tool rationality and technology dominance. It is also essential to take “people first”, “fairness and justice”, and “participation of all people” as the logical starting point, adhere to the value orientation of people as the center, and let technology return to serving social governance. strengthening top-level design and establishing a social governance model with public service capability as the core; improving the system and mechanism, and implementing the concept of “people first” into the whole process of social governance. It is an important path to fully stimulate digital technology to improve social governance efficiency and improve the modernization of social governance to comprehensively improve the digital literacy and skills of all people and jointly build and share digital development achievements.