September 12, 200718 yr Lads' mag under fire for publishing pictures of topless 14-year-old By PAUL REVOIR - More by this author » Last updated at 18:19pm on 12th September 2007 Comments Bare all for the lads: FHM receives up to 1,200 pictures each week from women posing topless Pictures of a topless 14-year-old girl were published without her consent in lad's magazine FHM, sparking a severe reprimand by the Press Complaints Commission. The watchdog claimed the magazine, owned by Emap, had been guilty of a "serious breach" of its code of practice, after the girl was published in a gallery of mobile snapshots provided by readers of the magazine. Parents of the girl complained to the PCC saying the photograph had been taken in 2005, when their daughter was just 14, after it was published in April this year. The regulator claimed that pictures had been a "serious intrusion" into the teenager's privacy and had significantly affected her emotionally at school. It also said that the magazine's failure to respond more quickly had "aggravated" the breach in rules and that it had not taken proper steps to establish the provenance of the picture. FHM said that it received approximately 1,200 photographs for publication each week from or on behalf of women posing topless or in lingerie, according to the PCC. The magazine told the PCC it was extremely surprised to learn that the photograph was taken when the complainants' daughter was 14 years old as she appeared to be older. FHM said it had no reason to believe that the image was taken without her consent. The magazine had been informed that the complainants' daughter was in a cohabiting relationship with the person who submitted the photograph and no further enquiries about the image were made, the PCC said. FHM said it had introduced new measures to ensure that the situation would not occur again. It confirmed that the image would not be republished or syndicated and offered to write a private letter of apology to the complainant.
September 12, 200718 yr But I bet the girl lied about her age, to appear to be older. your definately right
September 12, 200718 yr The magazine was extremely surprised to learn that the photograph was taken when the complainants' daughter was 14 years old of course they we're, absolutely shocked I'm sure. No pre-checks (birth cert, NI number etc???) :rolleyes:
September 13, 200718 yr But I bet the girl lied about her age, to appear to be older. Yeah, most likely, but then again, don't a lot of these girls do just to get in a magazine?
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