Days after board members laughed at the exchange, the Washington County Board of Education called the comments “shocking,” saying “no explanation can justify that.”
Protecting the identity and privacy of victimised children is the default stance for journalists here in the UK. I just assumed that was true in most of the western world… Does Canada identify child victims in news articles then?
The reason this girls been anonymised in this case is likely because she’s already been objectified, and would be subject to further trolling/ harassment from people outraged with the situations outcome and looking for a target to blame.
Just look at what happened to Virginia Guiffre, after publicly coming forward with her allegations she was subject to consistent death threats and harassment. Sparing anyone that situation seems merciful in my eyes.
Since when is that a thing? Or they didn’t want to be on the news.
Protecting the identity and privacy of victimised children is the default stance for journalists here in the UK. I just assumed that was true in most of the western world… Does Canada identify child victims in news articles then?
The reason this girls been anonymised in this case is likely because she’s already been objectified, and would be subject to further trolling/ harassment from people outraged with the situations outcome and looking for a target to blame.
Just look at what happened to Virginia Guiffre, after publicly coming forward with her allegations she was subject to consistent death threats and harassment. Sparing anyone that situation seems merciful in my eyes.