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COPE Forum 11 September 2012: Publishing offensive material

The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘Publishing offensive material’. Specifically, what constitutes bad taste, indecency or obscenity? How do you deal with expletives (as part of interviews or transcripts)? Where is the line between censorship and freedom of expression?

Summary of the discussion at the COPE Forum and of the comments on the COPE blog [PDF, 19KB]

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