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July 6, 2009

New PCC guidance on journalists’ use of Facebook pics

By Jenny Williams

Today’s PCC ruling against the Scottish Sunday Express comes with new guidance on the use by journalists of images taken from social networking sites such as Facebook without permission.

The Press Complaints Commission ruled today that the newspaper made a “serious error of judgment” by publishing a front-page story about the survivors of the Dunblane massacre, based on Facebook photos.

Here’s the PCC guidance in full:

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