people can get addicted to anything, some have addictive natures. The driver is endorphins that are triggered by success.

And politicians are addicted to the power of winning, & of control.
They also have privileges, so the likelihood that there are politicians who have been embarrassed by their on-line activities then changing their methodology is a scenario hard to deny. We have the evidence. Two police officers and a victim.

Your choice is to demonise the complainants or the politician.

How ya gonna choose?