I think for researchers of education and social mobility, the latter has been apparent for some years but perhaps it is not discussed in such terms in public discourse.
RE: Social media - I think the incentives are perverse for universities as well. If a unit doesn't take action on certain issues, why didn't it, or if it did, why did it? Should it or should it not have? There is more 'publicness' to certain micro-decisions. I think that is less talked about.