National Policy Atlas · aep-000032
Associated Press
What an automated search found
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Policy text permits some remedies when circumstances change
On NSMPA's hand-compiled list of known policies, noted as “Direct de-indexing policy” (listed source).
“In those cases, the AP would also request that Google “deindex” the stories, removing them from its search results.”
“Because eliding the historical record is also a competing concern for a news organization, such stories would continue to be part of the AP’s internal archive and on sites such as LexisNexis that make AP content available to their paid subscribers.”
| Remedy | Policy text (automated reading) | Practice (automated reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Removal / unpublishing | Permitted under conditions | None found |
| Search-engine de-indexing | Permitted in policy text | None found |
| Anonymization or redaction | Not addressed | None found |
| Update for later developments | Not addressed | — |
Policy pages
| Page | First seen | Checked by us |
|---|---|---|
| Telling the Story | The Associated Press | Oct 9, 2026 | Not yet |
| Minor crimes | The Associated Press | Oct 8, 2026 | Not yet |
"First seen" is when a page was first read, by us or by NSMPA. It isn't the date the policy was adopted, and pages not yet checked may describe something other than a policy on old stories.
8 quotes from this newsroom's own pages, found automatically
Not checked by hand yet, so check the source before quoting.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 8478
If not, we make sure the corrected information is used in the next appropriate live segment.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 8475
When we correct an error from a previous day, we ask subscribers that used the erroneous information to carry the correction as well.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 8476
TEXT For corrections on live, online stories, we overwrite the previous version.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 8477
GRAPHICS For graphics, we clearly label a correction with a FIX logo or bug, and clearly identify the material that has been corrected.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 8474
When we make a correction, we point it out both to subscriber editors (e.g. in Editor’s notes, metadata, advisories to TV newsrooms) and in ways that news consumers can see it (bottom-of-story corrections, correction notes on graphics, photo captions, etc. A correction must always be labeled a correction.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 359
REMOVAL OF MINOR CRIME STORIES At its discretion, The Associated Press considers requests to block old stories, photos and video about minor crimes from APNews.com and other public-facing AP sites, making them no longer accessible.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 360
Because eliding the historical record is also a competing concern for a news organization, such stories would continue to be part of the AP’s internal archive and on sites such as LexisNexis that make AP content available to their paid subscribers.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 358
In those cases, the AP would also request that Google “deindex” the stories, removing them from its search results.
Cite this record
The Archive Ethics Project. Associated Press (aep-000032). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/associated-press. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.
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