FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand guard in Canary Wharf, London, Britain, August 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) -British police have been told they can release details of a suspect's ethnicity and nationality in high-profile and sensitive cases to prevent false information being spread on social media.
Last year, Britain was rocked by days of rioting after the murder of three young girls in Southport after misinformation spread online that the teenage suspect was an Islamist migrant.
