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Police want power to release more details on some cases to prevent misinformation

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National Police Chiefs' Council, College of Policing and Counter Terrorism Policing want freedom to release more details.

It follows the Southport knife attack in July , when misinformation about the attacker snowballed on social media.

Merseyside Police was criticised for not giving early details of the man later convicted of the murders of three girls in Southport .

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79

Informative language

77

Neutral language

44

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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1

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