There needs to be a term for creating an ignorant, paranoid feedback system that escalates a power's authority to act.

We saw this with Operation Mass Appeal, when the government instructed; "Go, my secret service pretties, and circulate, promote and publicise any information that might increase public support for a second Iraq war." then a decade later: "Crikey, look at all this evidence for a second Iraq war. There's such a lot of it about, we really have no choice."

The government bought the fabric of lies that was started by previous administrations.

Now this. Neighbours, afraid, wanting to do their civic duty, will report to the police. "It's probably nothing but..." And police will have to act on anonymous tip offs, they can't just sit and ignore them. Each step escalates the severity of the situation without attempting to understand or manage it.

I'm becoming increasingly tempted by criminal protest.