Here's an interesting article about this stuff:
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/09/17/41416013/cancel-culture-what-exactly-is-this-thing
I love the irony here:
... Jessica Yaniv, the now notorious trans woman who filed human rights complaints against female estheticians who refused to wax her ball sack.
...
An accusation is made and instead of waiting for facts to emerge, it’s just assumed to be fact.