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    "source": "The Archive Ethics Project — National Policy Atlas",
    "source_url": "https://archiveethics.org/atlas",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12T04:48:16.283Z",
    "snapshot_type": "live",
    "methodology": "https://archiveethics.org/methodology",
    "codebook": "https://archiveethics.org/data/codebook.json",
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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_type": "professional",
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        "policy": "Public Safety Reporting Policy | WGLT",
        "version_label": null,
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        "source_url": "https://www.wglt.org/public-safety-reporting-policy",
        "archive_reference": null,
        "stated_effective_date": null,
        "first_observed_date": "2026-10-08",
        "last_verified_date": null,
        "adoption_evidence": null,
        "known_gaps": "Found automatically. Adoption date and earlier versions unknown.",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "human_verified": false
      },
      {
        "policy": "Right To Be Forgotten | WGLT",
        "version_label": null,
        "is_current": true,
        "source_url": "https://www.wglt.org/right-to-be-forgotten",
        "archive_reference": null,
        "stated_effective_date": null,
        "first_observed_date": "2026-10-11",
        "last_verified_date": null,
        "adoption_evidence": null,
        "known_gaps": "Found automatically. Adoption date and earlier versions unknown.",
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        "human_verified": false
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      "source": "NSMPA",
      "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": "2628",
      "stance": "SUPPORTS_CHANGED_CIRCUMSTANCES",
      "confidence": 0.7,
      "rationale": "2 distinct first-party statement(s) permit relief when outcomes/circumstances change; 2 statement(s) state a general no-removal rule (treated as the default the exception modifies)",
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        "removal": {
          "policy": "mixed",
          "practice": "none"
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          "policy": "unaddressed",
          "practice": "none"
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          "practice": "none"
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        "tier": 4,
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        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "13256",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Right To Be Forgotten | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
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        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "Submit Story Removal Or Change Request We would review takedown requests if the person involved is under threat of physical harm because of the existence of the material."
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      {
        "evidence_id": 264,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "13257",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Right To Be Forgotten | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/right-to-be-forgotten",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "In most cases, content fit for removal must be verifiably inaccurate, potentially libelous, in contravention of a publication ban or other legal consideration."
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      {
        "evidence_id": 265,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "13258",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Right To Be Forgotten | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/right-to-be-forgotten",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "Not everyone has the knowledge, resources, or persuasive ability to make a case a story should be taken down from our websites."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 266,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "13259",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Right To Be Forgotten | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/right-to-be-forgotten",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "As a matter of editorial policy, takedown requests will be rarely granted."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 267,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Right To Be Forgotten | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/right-to-be-forgotten",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "If the person making the request alleges our work is inaccurate, the corrections and clarification policy will come into play ."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 268,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
        "origin_id": "13261",
        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Right To Be Forgotten | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/right-to-be-forgotten",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "There may also be situations in which fairness requires an update or follow-up coverage, as when criminal charges are dismissed without further prosecution, for instance."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 269,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
        "origin": "nsmpa",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Public Safety Reporting Policy | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/public-safety-reporting-policy",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "When we consider takedown requests: If prosecutors drop previously filed charges If prosecutors never file charges following an arrest If someone is under threat of physical harm because of the existence of the story If the case has been expunged or sealed If the case has led to executive clemency There may also be situations in which fairness requires an existing story to be updated or follow-up coverage, rather than a story removal."
      },
      {
        "evidence_id": 270,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Public Safety Reporting Policy | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/public-safety-reporting-policy",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "Here’s what we typically do not consider: We won’t remove names or articles in the case of serious violent crimes, sexually based crimes or crimes against children leading to a conviction."
      },
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        "evidence_id": 271,
        "tier": 4,
        "type": "automated_lead",
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Public Safety Reporting Policy | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
        "url": "https://www.wglt.org/public-safety-reporting-policy",
        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-11",
        "excerpt": "Story Removal / Takedown Requests Many chapters of a person’s life do not remain relevant or important for the public to know and undue harm can come to a person’s life or reputation if digital records persist long after an incident loses public relevance."
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        "evidence_id": 987,
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        "type": "automated_lead",
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        "title": "Public Safety Reporting Policy | WGLT",
        "publisher": "WGLT",
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        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "As a matter of editorial policy, takedown requests will be rarely granted."
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        "human_verified": false,
        "title": "Public Safety Reporting Policy | WGLT",
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        "archive_url": null,
        "publication_date": null,
        "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
        "excerpt": "If the person making the request alleges our work is inaccurate, the corrections and clarification policy will come into play."
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