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I was a confused by a screenshot in the article, with the caption:

> Not the actual site but a similar one

Looks like the article, when speaking of tracing down a wrongdoing suspect, used a screenshot of a Web page of an uninvolved Web site. The screenshot included photos of actual people presumably uninvolved, and a name, phone number, and email address also presumably uninvolved.

While I'd guess this probably reduces Internet vigilantism and accusations of libel (at least involving the actual suspect), I suspect that a journalism professor, editor, or lawyer would advise not to do it that way.



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