One cannot speak about 'perpetrators' at length

One cannot speak about 'perpetrators' at length. To put it briefly—they engage in acts of dominance over others within a nation, whether directly or indirectly; they are involved in activities characterized by control and supremacy. That is all there is to it. Acts of dominance are unavoidable; therefore, the presence of perpetrators is also inevitable. This applies to all nations and all eras. While this specific technology has emerged recently, perpetrators themselves are not new; they have always existed within nations and societies. No society or nation has ever existed without them. The arrival of this technology is merely coincidental; should any other new technology emerge, it too would be deployed to facilitate the administrative needs of these perpetrators. You might find this surprising, but the activities of perpetrators fall under the purview of national security. It is one of the functions related to national security—in every nation, across all eras.

Understand one thing: for the police, it is not the victims who matter, but the criminals; identifying the criminals is what is important to them. Regarding this specific issue, the role of the "criminal" is not filled by just one individual; rather, there is a specific administrative system involved. The police can arrest a criminal, but they cannot arrest a system.