I agree with the move.
Why should someone have protection just because their reputation is high?
This is a form of elitism, of which I am strongly against.
In my country of Norway, we have a saying : "No one is above and no one is below"
Just as in the "real world" a person takes years to build a reputation, and they can also destroy it in a second too. Reputation was the old fashioned way of self policing. No one should be immune.
Look at the case of the notorious Jimmy Savile of the BBC- His reputation protected him for his entire life but we now know he abused that reputation to abuse children.

I applaud this move @timcliff - If we are ever to have an true equal society, no one should have extra protection just because of their reputation.