Number 10 has warned against a "trial by Twitter" over sexual abuse claims after David Cameron was handed a list of suspects on live television.
The fresh warning came after Mr Cameron expressed fears about a "witch hunt" of gay people after he was questioned about the claims during an interview.
He was given a list of suspected paedophiles by Phillip Schofield when he appeared on ITV's This Morning, where he was appearing to talk about dementia.
Schofield, who said he had found the names on a quick trawl of the internet, came under fire after accidentally exposing the list on camera as it was handed over.
Mr Cameron did not look at it and put it on the table, before raising concerns about internet speculation over who might be embroiled in historic cases.
"There is a danger if we are not careful that this can turn into a sort of witch hunt, particularly about people who are gay, and I'm worried about the sort of thing you are doing right now, taking a list of names off the internet," he told Schofield.
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