National Policy Atlas · aep-001286

Daily Beacon

Type
Student media
Parent institution
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Separate entity from parent
Unknown. A parent institution's policies are not attributed to this publication without evidence.
Location
Knoxville, TN
Publishing status
Not yet confirmed
Website
https://utdailybeacon.com/
Outreach
Not yet contacted

What an automated search found

From NSMPA, which read this newsroom's website. Nobody has checked it by hand yet, and it isn't our classification; we haven't classified this newsroom yet.

Policy text: requests reviewed case by case

“The decision to remove any news content from a digital database of The Daily Beacon or any other platform is at the discretion of the publication’s Editor-in-Chief.”

Statement allowing some changes · source

“The Daily Beacon’s policy is that we do not remove, alter or attempt to hide from search engines any material published.”

Statement limiting changes · source
Automated reading of each remedy
RemedyPolicy text (automated reading)Practice (automated reading)
Removal / unpublishingNot addressedNone found
Search-engine de-indexingRuled out in policy textNone found
Anonymization or redactionBoth permitted and ruled out in policy textNone found
Update for later developmentsPermitted in policy text—

Policy pages

Policy pages and when they were seen
PageFirst seenChecked by us
Editorial Policies – The Daily BeaconOct 11, 2026Not yet
About – The Daily BeaconOct 11, 2026Not 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.

10 quotes from this newsroom's own pages, found automatically

Not checked by hand yet, so check the source before quoting.

  1. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12171
    The Daily Beacon’s policy is that we do not remove, alter or attempt to hide from search engines any material published.
  2. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12172
    The Daily Beacon also does not remove authors’ names from articles, letters, videos or posts.
  3. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12173
    Updates or corrections may be added if the material is factually inaccurate, but nothing will be removed.
  4. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12174
    In some cases, such as new information or developments that are material to the story (such as an adjudication), the editor may decide whether a story must be updated regardless of whether the person making the original request or the subject wants it to be updated.
  5. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12175
    The decision to remove any news content from a digital database of The Daily Beacon or any other platform is at the discretion of the publication’s Editor-in-Chief.
  6. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12176
    Requests for removal or alterations to content should be judged on a case-by-case basis.
  7. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12177
    That being said, if any editor or the editor-in-chief is approached with a takedown request from an immigrant whose name or image was published under The Daily Beacon’s platform, they must revisit the article and consider removing the individual’s name or image from the Beacon’s website and/or socials if the content published could pose any threat to the individual’s ability to remain in the United States.
  8. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12178
    If a correction or amendment is to be made, the change will be noted in an editor’s note placed at the top of the article, along with the date and time of the alteration.
  9. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12179
    The widespread use of search engines has resulted in a significant increase in requests or, often, demands that news organizations remove news items from databases scanned by public search engines.
  10. Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 12191
    Great care will be taken to ensure the appended material is accurate since changing the article could constitute a new publication of that article.

Cite this record

The Archive Ethics Project. Daily Beacon (aep-001286). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/daily-beacon. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.

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