Private photos in the public domain: When families push back against journalists who mine social media
By Laura Wajnryb McDonald, PhD candidate in Criminology, University of Sydney Less than 24 hours after Ashlee Good was killed in Bondi Junction, her family released a statement requesting the media take down photographs they had reproduced of Ashlee and her family without their consent. They said it had caused her loved ones extreme distress. Their appeal is immediately understandable – many people would be upset by seeing photos of a loved one everywhere after such a traumatic event. From the family of Ash Good: “Overnight we have been shocked by some media publications reproducing photographs of Ashlee, her...
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