https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01468-9
I'm really glad to see this phenomenon getting some attention, and I'd like to point out that it's nothing new, and it's really not that uncommon, unfortunately. Social media has just made it much easier, and seemingly more acceptable.
A long time ago, back when cameras on phones were new and rare, one day I was home visiting my mom. We noticed a man and a woman going door to door in the neighborhood knocking on doors, filming the neighbors talking. They skipped over our house, and were at another neighbor's house when I went out to my car. They ran over to me, got in my face, and started asking me questions about research I had done that outed a particular polluter of a waterway.
My reaction was....not the best. I wasn't prepared for it at all. I got in my car, started it up, and threatened to run the woman over when she got in front of my car and wouldn't let me leave. I didn't run anyone over, but, I did get a visit from the cops. Thankfully she had relented after a short standoff and let me drive away, and no charges were pressed either direction.
Refer back to this anytime you might wonder why I don't use my name online.
In terms of institutional support, I was working at a national lab at the time. By rule, I had to disclose to them that I was visited by law enforcement. I did so, explained the whole situation, and no one cared.