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by pjc50 161 days ago
Publishing the name of someone arrested and then later released without charge could constitute harm to them, even if you make it theoretically illegal to discriminate against them on that basis.

The US use of mugshots is exploitative.

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Arresting someone without that being widely reported has historically resulted in substantial harm - it's called "disappearing" someone.
The news typically reports arrests based on information provided by a government, but if people are being disappeared by the government you can't really rely on the truth of that info