Category: Access & Censorship
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Photo of Couple Kissing in Rain Gets Bangladeshi Photog Beaten and Fired
Photo of Couple Kissing in Rain Gets Bangladeshi Photog Beaten and Fired Bangladeshi photojournalist Jibon Ahmed recently posted this photo of a couple kissing in the rain to his Facebook page. While it may be a romantic image via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/07/31/photo-of-couple-kissing-in-rain-gets-bangladeshi-photog-beaten-and-fired/ Bangladeshi photojournalist Jibon Ahmed recently posted this photo of a couple kissing in the…
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Crowds, Stoked by Trump’s Rhetoric, Increase Their Ire Toward the Press – The New York Times
Crowds, Stoked by Trump’s Rhetoric, Increase Their Ire Toward the Press (Published 2018) Menacing the media is a theme of President Trump’s rallies, but news organizations are anticipating an unnerving midterm election season, especially after a hostile crowd in Florida on Tuesday night. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/business/media/trump-press-jim-acosta.html “Stop lying!” shouted a man in an American flag T-shirt,…
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How a Model Release Turned Her into a Poster Child for…Everything – PhotoShelter Blog
How a Model Release Turned Her into a Poster Child for…Everything – PhotoShelter Blog Author Shubnum Khan signed a model release that allowed a photographer to license her portrait as stock photography. The image ended up in advertisements around the world. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2018/08/how-a-model-release-turned-her-into-a-poster-child-for-everything/ In many locales, so-called “personality rights” allow individuals to control…
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Is Facebook evil? Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason — Quartz
Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason The philosophy of Hannah Arendt points to the banal evil beneath Facebook’s many mistakes. via Quartz: https://qz.com/1342757/everything-bad-about-facebook-is-bad-for-the-same-reason But the imperative to “connect people” lacks the one ingredient essential for being a good citizen: Treating individual human beings as sacrosanct. To Facebook, the world is not…
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Photographer Shahidul Alam, Drik Founder, Seized by Police over his Reporting in Dhaka (Update) | PDNPulse
Link: A group of plainclothes police forcibly removed photographer Shahidul Alam from his home in Dhaka on Sunday night. An official with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch later said that Alam, founder of the Pathshala Media Institute school and the photo agencies Drik and Majority World, was detained for interrogation over his social media…
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Photographers Beaten and Abducted in Bangladesh Student Protests
Photographers Beaten and Abducted in Bangladesh Student Protests Massive road safety protests in Bangladesh are making headlines around the world due to the violent crackdown being conducted by the government. In via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/08/06/photographers-beaten-and-abducted-in-bangladesh-student-protests/ Massive road safety protests in Bangladesh are making headlines around the world due to the violent crackdown being conducted by the…
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Renowned Chinese Photojournalist Lu Guang Goes Missing in China
Renowned Chinese Photojournalist Lu Guang Goes Missing in China One of the most famous Chinese photojournalists has gone missing in China, and there are reports that he was arrested by government security officers. Lu via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/11/27/renowned-chinese-photojournalist-lu-guang-goes-missing-in-china/ Documentary photographer Mohammad Baghal Asghari traveled to the Kerman province during ten days of Iranian New Year, creating…
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America Used to Promote Photojournalism. Now It Bans It.
America Used to Promote Photojournalism. Now It Bans It. Julia Le Duc’s already iconic photograph of a dead father and daughter on the Rio Grande is the latest reminder of how essential photographers are to democracy. via The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/america-used-to-promote-photojournalism-now-it-bans-it Julia Le Duc’s already iconic photograph of a dead father and daughter on the…
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Iran arrests female photojournalist for attending soccer game dressed as a man | The Times of Israel
Iran arrests female photojournalist for attending soccer game dressed as a man Forough Alaei detained with at least five other activists for sneaking into sports events, which is forbidden for Iranian women Link: https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-arrests-female-photojournalist-for-attending-soccer-game-dressed-as-a-man/ Forough Alaei detained with at least five other activists for sneaking into sports events, which is forbidden for Iranian women
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Should Street Photography be Illegal? – PhotoShelter Blog
Should Street Photography be Illegal? – PhotoShelter Blog Street photographer Joshua Rosenthal found himself at the center of a rage-fueled campaign by visitors to the Ventura County Fair. Rosenthal’s transgression? Photographing people – including some children – in public without explicit consent. Street photography has a long history of candidly capturing subjects, but in today’s…
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Why the press struggles to cover the war in Yemen – Columbia Journalism Review
Why the press struggles to cover the war in Yemen In the wake of 9/11, when the US invaded Afghanistan, journalists flew into the country with American troops and filed stories on America’s war against terrorism. Later, in 2003, the press helped convince the American public that the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had weapons of…
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Photojournalist sentenced for terrorist propaganda over a photo – Stockholm Center for Freedom
Photojournalist sentenced for terrorist propaganda over a photo – Stockholm Center for Freedom The İstanbul 33rd High Criminal Court on Thursday handed down a suspended 20-month sentence to a photojournalist on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda, Turkish media reported. Çağdaş Erdoğan was taken into police custody in September 2017 while he was taking photographs in…
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Opinion | The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World – The New York Times
Opinion | The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World (Published 2019) In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/opinion/press-freedom-arthur-sulzberger.html In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society.
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Photojournalist Lu Guang Granted ‘Bail-Like’ Release in China | PDNPulse
Link: Photojournalist Lu Guang has been released after nearly a year of detention in China, Voice of America has reported. The news service says the photographer’s wife, Xu Xiaoli, reported via Twitter on Monday (September 9) that her husband “has been home for several months.”
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Politicans can still lie in political ads, says Faceook – 9to5Mac
Politicans can still lie in political ads, says Facebook – 9to5Mac Just a couple of days after banning deepfake videos, Facebook has confirmed that politicians can still lie in ads bought on the platform … via 9to5Mac: https://ww.9to5mac.com/2020/01/09/politicians-can-still-lie/ Just a couple of days after banning deepfake videos, Facebook has confirmed that politicians can still lie…
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Venezuela crisis: Photographer Jesús Medina freed from jail after 16 months – BBC News
Venezuela frees photographer from military prison Jesús Medina, who was held without a trial for 16 months, and seven others have been released. via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51018787 A Venezuelan photojournalist who was kept in a military prison without a trial for 16 months has been released, activists say.
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Female Chilean Photojournalist’s Murder Still Unsolved – therealistwoman
Female Chilean Photojournalist’s Murder Still Unsolved – therealistwoman A female Chilean photojournalists murder is remains unsolved and has many free press activists demanding answers to unanswered questions. via therealistwoman: https://therealistwoman.com/female-chilean-photojournalists-murder-still-unsolved/ Albertina Martinez had been covering the violence against anti-government protesters on November 19th of last year when on November 21st, the 38 year-old was found…
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Photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed back home after 3 years of captivity | IOL News
Photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed back home after 3 years of captivity | IOL News South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed has returned to the country after being held captive for three years in Syria. Link: https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/photojournalist-shiraaz-mohamed-back-home-after-3-years-of-captivity-40016603 Mohamed was kidnapped by the Islamic State group in 2017 in Syria, where he had traveled to photograph the conflict there.
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After Another Year of Trump Attacks, ‘Ominous Signs’ for the American Press – The New York Times
After Another Year of Trump Attacks, ‘Ominous Signs’ for the American Press Threats of ‘retribution,’ more accusations of ‘fake news’ and the end of the White House briefing made 2019 the darkest yet for journalists in the Trump era. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/media/trump-media-2019.html Threats of ‘retribution,’ more accusations of ‘fake news’ and the end of the White…
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Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon – The New York Times
Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon Shahidul Alam, the acclaimed Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist, pushes against the limits of his medium to cast light on what is suppressed or has vanished. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/arts/design/shahidul-alam-rubin-museum.html Like Woody Guthrie, who called his guitar an anti-fascist weapon, the Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam has used his camera for…