Some families push back against journalists who mine social media for photos – they have every right to

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Some families push back against journalists who mine social media for photos – they have every right to

Less than 24 hours after Ashlee Good was murdered in Bondi Junction, her family released a statement requesting the media take down photographs they had reproduced of Ashlee and her family without their consent. They said it had caused her loved ones extreme distress. Their appeal is immediately understandable – many people would be upset by seeing photos of a loved one everywhere after such a traumatic event. The media had evidently not rece…