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    "source": "The Archive Ethics Project — National Policy Atlas",
    "source_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12T06:07:06.891Z",
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    "notice": "Live snapshot of the Archive Ethics Project Policy Atlas, not a versioned dataset release. Counts describe only listed records, not U.S. newsrooms generally. \"not_established\" means the available evidence does not establish a position; it is not \"no\". PT5 means no public policy was located, not that no policy exists. Withheld classifications are omitted. Fictional example records are marked is_example=true and must be excluded from any analysis. Columns prefixed nsmpa_ and evidence with human_verified=false are automated findings imported from NSMPA (https://github.com/kalebhoffer/nsmpa, CC BY 4.0 (compiled evidence); quoted excerpts remain the work of their publishers); they are leads, not AEP classifications, and must not be counted as such. No data license has been selected yet for AEP classifications; cite with the retrieval timestamp."
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    "publication": "The Sacramento Bee",
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      {
        "policy": "‘Clean Slate’: Sacramento Bee reviews old crime, arrest stories | Sacramento Bee",
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        "stated_effective_date": null,
        "first_observed_date": "2026-10-08",
        "last_verified_date": null,
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        "known_gaps": "Found automatically. Adoption date and earlier versions unknown.",
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        "human_verified": false
      }
    ],
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      "source_url": "https://github.com/kalebhoffer/nsmpa",
      "license": "CC BY 4.0 (compiled evidence); quoted excerpts remain the work of their publishers",
      "caveat": "Automated finding from NSMPA, not yet checked by a person and not an AEP classification. It is a starting point for review, and it is never counted in Atlas statistics.",
      "entity_id": "2626",
      "stance": "UNDETERMINED",
      "confidence": 0,
      "rationale": "Not researched: homepage could not be fetched (timeout).",
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        "program": "Clean Slate / reviewed changes",
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        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "585",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "‘Clean Slate’: Sacramento Bee reviews old crime, arrest stories | Sacramento Bee",
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        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "The “Clean Slate” team will consider a range of options for addressing applicants’ cases — updating the story, deindexing the article from internet search engines or even removing the story from sacbee.com entirely."
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        "title": "‘Clean Slate’: Sacramento Bee reviews old crime, arrest stories | Sacramento Bee",
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        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "“That’s why we want to be responsive to requests from the community for us to review some stories with the aim of updating our coverage and minimizing any continuing harm that has resulted."
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