National Policy Atlas · aep-001782
National Press Club Journalism Institute
What an automated search found
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No relevant public policy located
On NSMPA's hand-compiled list of known policies, noted as “Right-to-be-forgotten review” (listed source).
| Remedy | Policy text (automated reading) | Practice (automated reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Removal / unpublishing | Not addressed | None found |
| Search-engine de-indexing | Not addressed | None found |
| Anonymization or redaction | Not addressed | None found |
| Update for later developments | Not addressed | — |
Not finding a published policy doesn't mean there isn't one.
Policy pages
| Page | First seen | Checked by us |
|---|---|---|
| ‘We were the source of their suffering’: How one newsroom lets stories be forgotten - Journalism Institute | Oct 8, 2026 | Not yet |
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6 quotes from this newsroom's own pages, found automatically
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- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 705
The idea — often called the right to be forgotten — has been part of a larger debate over how false, dated or damaging information can be removed from search engines.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 706
Quinn: With many stories, we are able to remove the names and identifying information while leaving the story published.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 707
As newsrooms look inward and re-examine their coverage of underrepresented communities, the fact that a minor long-ago crime is just a Google search away is now being seen through a social justice lens.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 708
The value to these people of having the pieces fall out of search engines greatly exceeded the remaining news value they had.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 709
At the same time we instituted our Right to be Forgotten policy, we also stopped including the names and mugshots in most stories about non-violent crime.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 710
We stopped using names to avoid having to deal with Right to be Forgotten requests down the line, and we stopped using mug shots because we determined they perpetuated racial stereotypes.
Cite this record
The Archive Ethics Project. National Press Club Journalism Institute (aep-001782). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/national-press-club-journalism-institute. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.
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