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Q&A How are suspected persons referred to in news articles?

In the Netherlands, convicts and persons of interest in relations to a crime have their last names truncated in published news articles – for example "John D." – but I know that this is not the cas...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by ThePsionic‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:36:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar ThePsionic‭ · 2019-12-08T08:36:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
In the Netherlands, convicts and persons of interest in relations to a crime have their last names truncated in published news articles – for example "John D." – but I know that this is not the case across the world.

What forms of anonymization (for lack of a better term) are used in other countries, in particular the United States and United Kingdom?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-04-23T14:51:46Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 3