Internet users need to be careful about falsely labelling politicians as paedophiles amid a frenzy of rumours on social media about alleged child abusers in Westminster, legal experts have warned.Just months after the late Conservative peer Lord McAlpine settled legal action against Twitter users for untrue suggestions he was a paedophile, people are now openly naming MPs and celebrities as suspected child abusers on the internet. Many of the online allegations are much more direct than the insinuation of Sally Bercow, who paid damages after tweeting “Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *innocent face*”.
www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/08/social-media-users-warned-against-making-false-allegations-mps-paedophiles