Guilt by association is now a Thing. It used to be you were responsible for yourself only. Now you are resonsible for: friends, whoever you ‘shared a platform’ with, whoever you interacted on social media with, whoever you might have said hi to once…

It is all part of a conspiratorial mindset that alleges a Big Conspiracy behind the scenes — with the observable interactions assumed to be evidence of a nefarious plot controlled by hidden puppeteers.