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I agree - there is a big difference between being socially shunned for being an asshole or vocalising contempt and being publicly outed and then criminally punished for it.

If they didn’t think of it as a possibility during their research, they should be ashamed of themselves.

Vilification is the act of speaking or writing abusively and negatively about someone or something in an effort to lower others’ opinions of them. In a legal and human rights context, it refers to public behavior or hate speech that incites hatred, severe ridicule, or serious contempt towards individuals or groups based on their identity.

Differs from libel/slander which is false and negative speach/writing about someone in that vilification doesn’t necessarily have to be proven false, just abusively framed.