内容摘要：Perhaps the place would be better off without the partisan influence of the party system.

Perhaps the place would be better off without the partisan influence of the party system.

False online rumours spread online hours after the attack that the perpetrator had been an asylum seeker and potentially an Islamist extremist, and a violent protest took place close to the scene the following day.Riots, in which mosques and hotels housing migrants were attacked, soon spread around the country.

In a press statement at 17:25 on 29 July 2024, the day of the murders, the police said only that a "17-year-old male from Banks" had been arrested in connection with the murders.The Merseyside Chief Constable Serena Kennedy wanted to reveal the suspect's religion to counter suggestions that what had happened had been a terrorist attack by an Islamic extremist.that she explained to the deputy regional prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service: "I need to help my colleagues out, my fellow chief constables. Some of the streets of the UK are on fire and I need to help them as much as I can."

But she said the CPS were concerned that including the detail about the suspect's religion could interfere with a future criminal case.Later the national CPS said it was happy to include the religion detail, but it was too late.

Ms Kennedy told MPs: "By that time, we were downstairs and we were preparing for the press conference so that was not seen by ourselves."

The police submission to the Law Commission review also calls for a tougher line to be taken with "individuals with significant public profiles, some in elected office" who use their platform to "fuel narratives of conspiracy and cover-up".It is possible to buy and re-purpose a channel that has already been monetised by YouTube. It can be a quick way to build an audience, enabling the account to start making money right away.

Although I’ve found no evidence to back up these claims of Russian links to Channel3Now, pro-Kremlin Telegram channels did reshare and amplify the site’s false posts. This is a tactic they often use.Kevin said the site is a commercial operation and “covering as many stories as possible” helps it generate income. The majority of its stories are accurate - seemingly drawing from reliable sources about shootings and car accidents in the US. However, the site has shared further false speculation about the Southport attacker and also the person who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump.

Following the false Southport story and media coverage about Channel3Now, Kevin says its YouTube channel and almost all of its “multiple Facebook pages” have been suspended, but not its X accounts. A Facebook page exclusively re-sharing content from the site called the Daily Felon also remains live.Kevin says that the blame for social media storm relating to the Southport suspect and the subsequent riots cannot be laid squarely on a “small Twitter account” making “a mistake”.