Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ faces. Should they? – Poynter

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Photographers are being called on to stop showing protesters’ faces. Should they? – Poynter

For many, the argument is about rights vs. responsibilities. Journalists have a clear legal right to document faces. The question at hand is how and when.

via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2020/should-journalists-show-protesters-faces/

Legally, there’s no question — when protesters are in public spaces engaged in newsworthy activity, visual journalists are well within their rights to document them. But protesters fear potential retaliation when images become public.

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