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Newsroom Ethics and Legal Standards for Publishing Survivor Audio

Newsrooms following ethics and legal standards when publishing survivor audio, including verification, corroboration, and minimizing harm.

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Feb 3, 2026

What standards do newsrooms use to verify potentially humiliating claims about politicians before publishing?

a mix of verification techniques, legal risk assessment, editorial review and before publishing humiliating allegations about politicians, typically requiring documentary corroboration or multiple ind...

Jan 13, 2026

What standards and forensic methods do journalists use to verify unredacted survivor audio when it alleges crimes by powerful figures?

When unredacted survivor audio alleges crimes by powerful figures, newsrooms lean on long-established verification and legal standards — corroboration, fairness, and minimizing harm — rather than publ...