National Policy Atlas · aep-001108
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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 permits some remedies when circumstances change
On NSMPA's hand-compiled list of known policies, noted as “Direct de-indexing policy” (listed source).
| Remedy | Policy text (automated reading) | Practice (automated reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Removal / unpublishing | Permitted in policy text | None found |
| Search-engine de-indexing | Both permitted and ruled out in policy text | None found |
| Anonymization or redaction | Permitted in policy text | None found |
| Update for later developments | Permitted in policy text | — |
Policy pages
| Page | First seen | Checked by us |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Inquirer Newsroom Staff | Oct 9, 2026 | Not yet |
| Up for Review: Frequently Asked Questions | 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.
9 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 8662
Email Twitter Caryn [name withheld] SEO Editor As an SEO editor, I track search trends, optimize Inquirer stories for search engines, and look for ways we can deliver the answers that people are looking for.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 569
The main remedy we will offer is deindexing.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 570
Our main remedy is to deindex an article so it remains online but is not findable via search engines.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 571
Stories can live forever on the internet, with some affecting people’s ability to find housing, jobs, and more, and this policy is meant to offer a fresh look at those that have caused unintended and lasting harm.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 568
In rare cases, we may take steps like removing an individual’s name, updating a story with new information, removing visual elements, or unpublishing a story.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 573
Deindexing means communicating to search engines that the story is unavailable by tagging it appropriately.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 574
We do not have the ability to directly remove content from search engines, but can request the story be temporarily removed from Google’s index, and tag the story to be hidden from search engines so it cannot be found after the temporary removal period expires.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 575
Links on Inquirer.com will still work, and the article is still findable via Inquirer.com ’s search function, but users will not be able to find the story by doing a general Google search.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 572
That means the story will no longer appear in results on search engines like Google.
Cite this record
The Archive Ethics Project. The Philadelphia Inquirer (aep-001108). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/the-philadelphia-inquirer. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.
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