Last month The Central Somerset Gazette became the latest media outlet to attempt to name and shame a young person convicted of a criminal offence.
The newspaper argued that the crimes committed by a local 13-year-old boy, including an assault with intent to rob, were so serious that his neighbours had a right to know his identity.
The attempt failed, with magistrates warning that such a move would not be in the interests of the public or the boy.
While this boy's anonymity has been preserved, many other young people are still named and shamed by the media.
Young people subject to Antisocial Behaviour Orders (Asbos) are regularly named, a policy that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has criticised for breaching their right to privacy.
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