A
scam/fake news channel (which now has 3000 followers, having had almost none)
seems to have invented a fake Arab name and run a false story about Southport,
generating 1.4 m impressions. Widely shared by users (some naively, others
perhaps knowingly). X doing nothing about it
Police issue warning after ‘incorrect’ name for
Southport suspect posted online
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal
reasons, remains in custody.
George Lithgow
1 hour ago
Merseyside Police have issued a warning after an
“incorrect” name for the alleged Southport attacker was widely circulated
online.
Inaccurate posts by social media sleuths about
the identity of the perpetrator have received millions of views and
engagements.
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal
reasons, remains in custody accused of murder and attempted murder following
the incident
Sunder Katwala, director of the thinktank British
Future, said a fake news channel seemed to have invented a fake name and run a
false story.
Some of those “sharing that false information”
include actor Laurence Fox and former kickboxer Andrew Tate, Mr Katwala said,
posting on X.
Mr Katwala said the “pace” with which
misinformation was spreading after the incident “presents important challenges
to social media platforms and ultimately for policymakers as regulators and
lawmakers if platforms cannot respond.”
He told the PA news agency: “There are different
types of bad faith actor spreading misinformation at pace in heightened
circumstances.
“There may be low quality feeds masquerading as
news sites, even scraping social media rumours to produce AI-generated content.
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