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1. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   Other newsrooms have decided that instead of only helping those who make a request, 3 THE ETHICS OF UNPUBLISHING THE NEWS their reports of minor crime will automatically “sunset” after a certain period of time, which removes them all from search engine results.

2. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   Some editors, for example, will opt to de-index the content in search engines so they cannot be found on Google but the original content remains on the news site.

3. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   Weigh the alternatives presented to fully unpublishing news (e.g. removing links to news from web search results, anonymizing information, writing an update).

4. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   In cases where circumstances have changed —such as a reduction in criminal charges—news outlets may choose to update the information, add an editor’s note to the page, or write a follow -up.

5. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   Unpublishing policies are typically writ ten to give editors the leeway to make determinations on a case-by-case basis and may be resolved without full erasure of the information.

6. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   Removing the [Purtz] story would be dishonest to the factual record…It’s a very slippery slope if I let compassion come into play” (Bronstein, 2011).

7. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   The dispute wound up in court, where Chris’ father demanded that The Daily Californian be forced to erase the articles an d that the current editor —in high school at the time the original articles were actually published—pay $7,500 for severe emotional distress, mental suffering, and the costs to defend the Purtz’s family reputation from “alleged defamatory remarks” against h is son.

8. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   Naming Crime Suspects in the News: “Seek Truth and Report It” vs. “Minimizing Harm.

9. Center for Media Engagement, University of Texas at Austin page
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   SFGATE. https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/bronstein/article/Free-press-and-compassion-clash- 2477334.php 4 THE ETHICS OF UNPUBLISHING THE NEWS Dwyer, D.

10. Platform Research Ethics for Academic Research - Center for Media Engagement - Center for Media Engagement
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    For example, a researcher may rely on public-oriented ethics in the data collection (e.g., fine with scraping large amounts of public data) but use more privacy-oriented ethics in data sharing (e.g., will not share data openly), particularly as anonymization efforts can be imperfect.