Everyone will just end up doing something because they have to be seen to be doing something - politicians decry it, because how would it look if they do nothing; police investigate and charge because how would it look if they did nothing; employers will sack them because how will it look if...
Can't help but think about Jon Ronson's book So You've Been Publicly Shamed: The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly, or made a mistake at work. Once their transgression is revealed, collective outrage circles with the force of a hurricane...