Ex Cons Form Police Mug-Shot Industry Which Digs Up Your Past, Charges You to Bury It Again

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Wiggen said he wasn’t setting out to shame or embarrass anyone: From his point of view, he’s getting free content, then monetizing it with Google AdSense banners hawking defense lawyers and bail bondsmen.

But the end result is that mug shots that were once hidden behind police CGI search scripts now display in Google searches, often prominently.

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