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Police are prevented from countering misinformation by laws which are outdated in the social media age, MPs investigating ...

The Home Affairs Committee also found police guidance on revealing details about suspects is badly out of date for the social ...

Misinformation was allowed to flourish because police and prosecutors withheld information after the Southport killings, MPs have found.

British lawmakers say outdated laws unfit for the social media age hampered police from countering false claims that helped ...

Fake news was allowed to spread due to prosecutors who “hampered” the police response to the Southport riots, MPs say. The ...

The Southport riots were fuelled by an “information vacuum” when key details about the killer were not revealed, a committee ...

This was not protest. Those participating in disorder were not policed more strongly because of their supposed political ...

“It cannot be determined whether the disorder could have been prevented had more information been published. However, the ...

Tory leader accuses Prime Minister of undermining free speech following numerous social media-related convictions ...