Not true. Not mentioning lastnames is only a convention by journalists and the media. Publishing lastnames in the media is not a violation of the law. News web

Not true. Not mentioning lastnames is only a convention by journalists and the media. Publishing lastnames in the media is not a violation of the law. News website geenstijl.nl regularly publishes full names of suspects or criminals. The convention already existed before the internet. Update: I should have read more comments...