Category: Access & Censorship
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Facebook Algorithms Make It Harder to Catch Extremists – The Atlantic
Tech Companies Are Deleting Evidence of War Crimes Algorithms that take down “terrorist” videos could hamstring efforts to bring human-rights abusers to justice. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/facebook-algorithms-are-making-it-harder/588931/ f grisly images stay up on Facebook or YouTube long enough, self-appointed detectives around the world sometimes use them to reconstruct a crime scene. In July 2017, a…
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Myanmar Releases Reuters Journalists Jailed for Reporting on Rohingya Crackdown – The New York Times
Myanmar Releases Reuters Journalists Jailed for Reporting on Rohingya Crackdown The two reporters, U Wa Lone, 33, and U Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, who received the Pulitzer Prize, were to serve seven years in prison. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/asia/myanmar-releases-jailed-reuters-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Two prize-winning journalists, U Wa Lone and U Kyaw Soe Oo, were released from prison in Myanmar on…
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New Documents Reveal DHS Asserting Broad, Unconstitutional Authority to Search Travelers’ Phones and Laptops | Electronic Frontier Foundation
New Documents Reveal DHS Asserting Broad, Unconstitutional Authority to Search Travelers’ Phones and Laptops BOSTON — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU today asked a federal court to rule without trial that the Department of Homeland Security violates the First and Fourth Amendments by searching travelers’ smartphones and laptops at airports via Electronic…
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Myanmar’s Highest Court Upholds Conviction of Reuters Journalists – The New York Times
Myanmar’s Highest Court Upholds Conviction of Reuters Journalists The reporters, U Wa Lone and U Kyaw Soe Oo, won a Pulitzer Prize earlier this month for their reporting on a military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/world/asia/reuters-journalists-myanmar-supreme-court.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The two reporters, U Wa Lone, 33, and U Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were sentenced in September to…
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The Chinese government bans the word “Leica” from social media – Leica Rumors
The Chinese government bans the word “Leica” from social media – Leica Rumors The latest short film from F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi: “Leica – The Hunt” I posted here on the blog a few days ago made the Chinese government ban the word “Leica” from social media… because the video refers to the famous “Tank Man”…
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Despite Prison and Torture, Shahidul Alam Refuses to Stay Quiet – The New York Times
Despite Prison and Torture, Shahidul Alam Refuses to Stay Quiet Ahead of his court case, the Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist discussed democratizing photography and government censorship at the New York Portfolio Review. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/lens/shahidul-alam-prison-photo.html Ahead of his court case, the Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist discussed democratizing photography and government censorship at the New York Portfolio…
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These teen activists want you to run their pictures if they die by gun violence. Read these guidelines first. – Poynter
These teen activists want you to run their pictures if they die by gun violence. Read these guidelines first. – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2019/these-teen-activists-want-you-to-run-their-pictures-if-they-die-by-gun-violence-read-these-guidelines-first/ MyLastShot.org organizer Kaylee Tyner, a Columbine…
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Ariana Grande Strikes Back at ‘Greedy’ Photogs with Full Copyright Grab
Ariana Grande Strikes Back at ‘Greedy’ Photogs with Full Copyright Grab American music star Ariana Grande has sparked an outcry from photographers and media organizations with her new concert tour agreement. Reportedly a via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/03/27/ariana-grande-strikes-back-at-greedy-photogs-with-full-copyright-grab/ TMZ reports that Grande’s new concert photo policy resulted from years of being “exploited” by people profiting from their…
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Captain Marvel Star Brie Larson Wants Women Photographers to Photograph Her | PDNPulse
Captain Marvel Star Brie Larson Wants Women Photographers to Photograph Her | PDNPulse Actress Brie Larson stars in Captain Marvel, the first in the Marvel cinematic franchise to feature a female superhero as the lead. Larson is using her press junket for the blockbuster movie to advocate for women photographers, and for reporters and photo…
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Turkish photojournalist Cagdas Erdogan to stand trial on terrorism charges | The Art Newspaper
Turkish photojournalist Cagdas Erdogan to stand trial on terrorism charges The Kurdish freelance photographer is accused of creating propaganda for an outlawed separatist group Link: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/turkish-photojournalist-cagdas-erdogan-to-stand-trial-on-terrorism-charges The Kurdish freelance photographer is accused of creating propaganda for an outlawed separatist group
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Combat Obscura: Why the Marine Corps doesn’t want you to see this new documentary – The Washington Post
Analysis | The Marines don’t want you to see what happens when propaganda stops and combat begins A Marine videographer was tasked with recording positive spin in Afghanistan. But the camera kept rolling. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/03/14/marines-dont-want-you-see-what-happens-when-propaganda-stops-combat-begins/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ce1489d27b05 Lagoze found himself in a murky gray area of free speech and fair-use government products. U.S. citizens can…
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US Govt Tracking Photojournalists with Secret Database, Leaked Docs Reveal
US Govt Tracking Photojournalists with Secret Database, Leaked Docs Reveal The US government has a secret database through which it’s tracking people tied to the migrant caravan, according to newly leaked documents, and found on via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2019/03/07/us-govt-tracking-photojournalists-with-secret-database-leaked-docs-reveal/ The US government has a secret database through which it’s tracking people tied to the migrant caravan,…
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U.S. Border Agents Targeting Photojournalists at Southern Border | PDNPulse
U.S. Border Agents Targeting Photojournalists at Southern Border | PDNPulse Several U.S. photojournalists are identified in a secret U.S. Customs and Border Patrol database tracking people who have documented the migrant caravan. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/03/u-s-border-agents-targeting-photojournalists-at-southern-border.html According to a report by San Diego media outlet 7 Investigates, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials created a secret…
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Egyptian Photog Shawkan to Serve 5 More Years in Jail with Daytime Furlough | PDNPulse
Egyptian Photog Shawkan to Serve 5 More Years in Jail with Daytime Furlough | PDNPulse Photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, was released from prison in Egypt on March 4, more than five years after he was arrested and more than a year after prosecutors had sought the death penalty in his case. However…
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John Cantlie: British IS hostage ‘believed to be still alive’ – BBC News
John Cantlie: British IS hostage ‘believed to be still alive’ Photojournalist John Cantlie was captured by the extremist group in Syria more than six years ago. via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-47127902 Reports in January this year quoted a Syrian Democratic Forces official as saying Mr Cantlie may still be alive and in Hajin, in the east…
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Syria Liable in Killing of Journalist Marie Colvin, Court Rules – The New York Times
Syria Ordered to Pay $302.5 Million to Family of Marie Colvin A federal court in Washington ordered Syria to pay Marie Colvin’s family $302.5 million. The ruling could help ease the way for war-crimes prosecutions. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/world/middleeast/syria-marie-colvin-court-judgment.html Issued by the United States District Court in Washington, the decision awarded $302.5 million to relatives of the…
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No Photographic Memory in the Senate – The New York Times
No Photographic Memory in the Senate Top senators say it may finally be time to allow news photographers into the chamber for special events. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/us/politics/senate-photography.html He was not just an idle member of the Senate lamenting a missed opportunity. As chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, he could actually do something about the situation,…
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Condoned by Trump, press attacks hit local reporters hard – Columbia Journalism Review
Condoned by Trump, press attacks hit local reporters hard Douglas Burns, a fourth-generation journalist, is co-owner of the Daily Times Herald in Carroll, Iowa, a newspaper that has been in his family since 1929. He writes a regular column, “Taking Note,” for the Times Herald editorial page, and he has covere via Columbia Journalism Review:…
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Judge Declares Iowa’s “Ag Gag” Rule Unconstitutional | PDNPulse
Judge Declares Iowa’s “Ag Gag” Rule Unconstitutional | PDNPulse A federal judge ruled that the law, which criminalized undercover photography or filming of factory farms, violated the First Amendment. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/01/judge-declares-iowas-ag-gag-rule-unconstitutional.html A federal judge has struck down an Iowa law which prohibits undercover photographing or filming on factory farms, meatpacking plants and other agricultural…
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Defending ‘Needles in the Sewer’ and Photographing the Disadvantaged
Defending ‘Needles in the Sewer’ and Photographing the Disadvantaged One of my images has been subjected to criticism and scrutiny in a way that none of my other work ever has. The photograph in question is of a scene in via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/12/29/defending-needles-in-the-sewer-and-photographing-the-disadvantaged/ I will usually disagree quite strongly with anyone who argues that consent…