Well, I was assuming that contempt of court was a criminal offence even if the injunction arose from a civil suit (IANAL), but I think the point works either way. If papers automatically published any name they were ordered not to reveal, then neither the state nor Elton John would want these injunctions to keep being issued.
I also live in the UK, and that’s why I make a point of mentioning the names (otherwise, ironically, I’d respect their privacy). It’s farcical to pretend that courts are willing or able to lock up the entire population over this, and it’s only the pretence that makes it seem like courts have the power to order any such thing.
