A report on the summer riots says that UK laws are not “suitable for the era of social media.”

A government committee said in a report issued on Monday in Britain, which highlighted how the arms of misinformation, whose most important work was not verified last summer, said that the British laws that restrict what the police can say about criminal cases “inappropriate for the social media age.”

Violent disturbance, nourishing the far right, It affected many cities and cities for several days after a teenager was killed on July 29 in the season of Taylor Swift dance in Soutbort, England. In hours that followed the stab wounds, she claims that the attacker was an uncomfortable Muslim immigrant spreading quickly online.

In a report looking into the riots, a parliamentary committee said that the lack of information from the authorities after the attack “created a vacuum as the wrong information was able to grow.” The report blamed British laws for decades, aimed at preventing the jury, which prevented the police from correcting the wrong allegations.

By the time when the police announced that the suspect was a British child, these wrong allegations reached millions.

The Internal Affairs Committee, which brings together legislators from all over the political spectrum, published its report after the interrogation of police chiefs, government officials and emergency workers over four months of hearings.

Axel Rodakobana, Who was sentenced to life imprisonment For the attack, it was born and raised in Britain by a Christian family from Rwanda. A judge later found that there is no evidence that he was driven by one Political or religious ideologyBut it was obsessed violence.

Karen Bradley, legislator for the Conservative Party, which leads the Internal Affairs Committee, said that “bad actors” took advantage of the attack. But she added that the lack of accurate information allowed to reproduce.

She said: “Through failure to reveal information to the public,” false allegations filled the gap and flourished online, which increases confidence in the police and public authorities. “

The committee’s report determined that two of the wrong claims that were shared on X. One, published about two hours after the attack, that the suspect was a “Muslim immigrant”. He received more than 3.8 million views.

The second, which was published about five hours later, falsely suggested that the suspect was the asylum seeker named “Ali-Al-Shakati” who was on the “MI6 Monitoring List”. The post received about 27 million views on X within one day. Mercyside police, the local force in the attack, did not announce that the name was a mistake until mid -July 30.

Hours later, the first riots erupted in Southport. This turmoil continued in many cities and cities, and many protests targeted mosques and hotels around asylum seekers. Two buildings were shot while people were inside. The report said that more than 300 police officers were injured during the riots, and the response cost the police estimated at 28 million pounds, or about 36 million dollars.

He added that the Mersiside police “put in a very difficult situation” because they were lawful from revealing the identity of the suspect and receiving “inconsistent advice” from the prosecutors on whether they could confirm that he is not a Muslim.

The committee’s report acknowledged that it was impossible to determine “whether the disorder could be banned had it not been for more information.”

But she concluded that the lack of information after the appeal “created a vacuum where the wrong information was able to grow, undermine the confidence of the public”, and that the law in contempt was not “appropriate for the age of social media.”

In Britain, the law prohibits the nomination of suspects under the age of 18 unless the judge is excluded. Mr. Rodakobana was 17 at the time of the attack. Another law, designed to protect the right to a fair trial, prohibits the deployment of information that can affect jury. This rule, which is part of the 1981 court contempt law, is raised once the defendant or innocent is convicted.

Serena Kennedy, Mercyside Police Chief, told the committee that the police revealed on July 29 that the attacker had been born in Wales, but the wrong information had already spread.

Mrs. Kennedy said that she intends to issue an advertisement after two days showing that Mr. Rodakobana was not a Muslim and that his parents were Christians. After notifying the coronary prosecution service, the body that brings criminal charges in England, an official told her that information should not be announced.

“This case highlights why we need to consider how to deal with information publications for the public, while also ensuring that we do not affect the trial of criminal justice,” said Ms. Kennedy.

In a statement, the prosecution service in the Crown Prince said that although one of the officials expressed “different opinions” about the disclosure of the debt of Mr. Rodakobana, they did not tell the police that he would take the jury.

The statement added, “We support proposals for the reform of the law, which will make the application of the law of contempt more clear and simpler – especially when it is linked to the increasing issues of public interests such as public safety or national security.”

Since the Southport attack, the Law Committee of England and Wales has been conducting a review of the Court’s Creating Law.