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‘It Escalated to a Quite Horrendous Point’: Woman Wrongly Named as Officer in Henry Nowak Arrest on How Misinformation ‘Spread Like Wildfire’

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Christi Hill, who was wrongly named as one of the officers involved in the Henry Nowak arrest, has spoken to Full Fact about the “onslaught of thousands of people” after she was misidentified online.

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The circumstances surrounding the death of student Henry Nowak from Southampton continue to resonate. Disinformation is on the rise. Two British police officers were falsely identified by internet users as those responsible for arresting an 18-year-old with Polish roots, who was bleeding to death. The false information was confirmed by the chatbot Grok, and Elon Musk called for the officers to be held accountable. NASK warns against the disinfor…

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Full Fact broke the news on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
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