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	Introduction   Interviewing: Kelly Shephard   Dealing with contributors: Ben Sutherland   Upholding privacy: Beatriz Gomez   Zimbabwe: Joseph Winter   Uzbekistan: Pahlavon Turgunov   On Mr Milosevic: Geraldine Coughlan   Safeguarding children in Africa: Valerie Msoka   Reflecting the Afghan people: Asif Maroof   Covering 9/11: Stephen Cviic   Bugging and recording   Anonymity   Paedophiles and identification   Accessing untransmitted material		Anonymity There are times when it may not be appropriate to name contributors to programmes, for reasons of safety and for legal reasons. Only in exceptional cases should anonymity be granted to someone trying to evade the law in the United Kingdom. Where anonymity is necessary, it must be effective. A "voice-over" by another person is usually preferable to technical distortion. And blurring of pictures is better than pixilation. In legal cases where the law of BBC editorial policy requires the protection of the identity of individuals, anonymity means no name, no address and no photograph. It also means no strong clues as to identity. This is particularly important in the case of crime victims and witnesses.

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