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Lieutenant Paul Vance of the Connecticut State Police is surrounded by reporters. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP
Police investigating the Newtown school shooting have issued a stern warning over "misinformation" regarding the case being posted online, stating that the those behind fake profiles and other misleading information will be prosecuted.
Connecticut state police spokesman Lieutenant Paul Vance told reporters at a briefing in the town on Sunday: "One of the things that is becoming a concern is misinformation is being posted on social media sites."
Vance noted that in some cases, people had set up social media accounts purporting to belong to the gunman or other people connected to the case. "It has been threatening, it has been inaccurate, it has been people posing as other people," Vance said. Perpetrators "could be subject to arrest", he added.
"It is important to note that we have discussed with federal authorities [that] these issues are crimes," Vance said. "They will be investigated and prosecutions will take place."
Twitter has suspended a number fake accounts that were set up in the aftermath of Friday's shooting: @Pray_Newtown has also been suspended, after Twitter users complained that it was posting pictures of victims of other gun massacres.
As of midday Sunday, however, some accounts, including one parody site in the name of Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who carried out the Newtown shootings, had yet to be taken down.
英国卫报12月16日报道：警方警告将起诉滥用社交媒体散布枪击案信息者
负责调查美国康涅狄格州Newtown枪击案的警察单位发出严厉警告，任何在网络和社交媒体上散布关于枪击案的不真实或误导性信息的人将受到逮捕和起诉。
康涅狄格州警察局发言人Paul Vance中尉在新闻发布会上告诉记者，目前当局担心有人在社交媒体上散布误导性信息。他称警方注意到一些人在网络媒体注册了与枪击案嫌疑人或者其他相关人员的虚假账号，这种行为是具有威胁性的，可能将被逮捕。
