A few weeks ago that I received an email from the Daily Mail requesting we stop quoting an article they had published, since they had taken their piece down.
Their request was part of a settlement with the PCC, and I wondered if this had become standard for them now.
Looks like it has. Another agreement with the PCC on this retraction involved:
the submission of informal requests for removal on behalf of the complainant to other news sources that had re-published the original piece
So it seems blogs are likely to start getting a lot more requests from the Daily Mail to take down their material in case of a retraction.
It’s still not clear whether the PCC is forcing newspapers to do this, or whether it is voluntary.
hat-tip @grimreaperblog
Update: Five Chinese Crackers has written more on this.
Daily Quail was earlier contacted by the PCC who said the Mail was not forced to do this.
