FRANCE 24 and its sister radio stations RFI and Monte Carlo Doualiya have decided to stop publishing photographs of the perpetrators of terrorist attacks so as not to grant them posthumous notoriety.

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The three broadcasters, part of the France Médias Monde group, have also decided to use the names of terrorists only sparingly.

The decision by our editorial boards is in line with our established practice of not publishing any kind of propaganda message, including posts that claim credit for terrorist attacks.

It follows continued reflection on the role of news organisations in covering the actions of publicity-seeking terrorists, and awareness of the risk that blanket media coverage may unwittingly encourage copycat attacks.

Other French media outlets have taken similar steps in the wake of recent terrorist attacks, including the massacre of 84 people in Nice on July 14.

Daily newspapers Le Monde and La Croix have said they will stop using photographs of those responsible for such killings, as has television news channel BFMTV. Europe 1 radio station has said it will no longer be "naming terrorists".

Le Monde's managing editor Jérôme Fenoglio said in an editorial that the move was meant to avoid giving terrorists “posthumous glorification”.

"We realised after the Nice attack that we were very uncomfortable about a series of photos from the attacker's past," Fenoglio told AFP.

Hervé Béroud, BFMTV’s editorial director, said the news channel had decided to stop publishing photographs because they “tend to put the terrorists and the victims on the same level”.

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