It is a problem that editors periodically face: A person has done a Google search and found their name on an arrest log or list of indictments, but the case has long ago been thrown out or they have been found not guilty. The typical reaction goes like this: “If my name doesn't leave your site I will press charges.”
Before the internet, discovering one’s…
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