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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ap Correspondent

Southport riot police were held back by ‘outdated’ social media laws, MPs claim

Police are prevented from countering misinformation by laws which are outdated in the social media age, MPs investigating last year’s violent anti-immigration riots have said.

Limits on disclosing details of criminal investigations "created an information vacuum that allowed disinformation to flourish" after three children were stabbed to death at a summer dance party in July, Parliament's Home Affairs Committee said.

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