Sunday 27 April 2014

Case Study: PCC Complaints

A Man vs The Mail on Sunday 

When resolved: 25/4/2014

Clause from the editor's code cited: Clause 10 (Clandestine Devices and Subterfuge)

Incident:
A man complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the newspaper had obtained a photograph from his private Facebook page and published without his consent

Resolution:
The newspaper demonstrated that the photograph had been publicly accessible at the time it had been obtained. Nonetheless, it removed the photograph from the online article and undertook not to use it again.

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