UK press body raps paper over online video
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has issued its first ever ruling on video content published online by a newspaper. It said the Hamilton Advertiser breached school pupils' rights to privacy with a video of an unruly classroom. The newspaper published the unedited video on its website, which the PCC ruled invaded the right …
This has nothing to do with privacy.
This is all about the parents being embarrassed by their darling little hooligans.
The little buggers can't wait to post images of bullying or attacks on teachers, so I have no sympathy at all.
I'm glad the PCC threw out the 'we didn't give permission for the filming' argument - it clearly had to be obtained without the school's permission and it was in the public interest to do so. Identifying kids, though, is a big no no, especially when it turns into a national story. The paper was pretty stupid not to obscure their faces as it really wouldn't have detracted from the story.
