Chris Martin gave concertgoers a cheeky warning during one of the band’s latest shows, breaking his silence following the viral Kiss Cam saga involving Astronomer CEO Andy Byron.

In this distressing American moment, who knew that what our nation needed was a canoodling pair having their affair put on blast at a Coldplay concert?

If there’s a lesson from so-called Coldplaygate, it’s the extent to which, during the past decade or so of digital culture, going viral has gone from being an aspirational goal to a form of punishmen...