Category: Access & Censorship
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NY Times Photographer: Trump Gives More Access Than Obama
NY Times Photographer: Trump Gives More Access Than Obama A New York Times photographer who has vocally protested White House Press Pool blackouts is now saying that photographers get more access to Trump than via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/02/12/ny-times-photographer-trump-gives-access-obama/ Photojournalist Doug Mills made headlines back in November 2017 by Tweeting a black “photo” to protest the lack…
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Reuters Publishes Account of Myanmar Massacre After Journalists’ Arrests – The New York Times
Reuters Publishes Account of Myanmar Massacre After Journalists’ Arrests The news agency used photos and witness accounts to describe the killings of 10 Rohingya men. Two reporters who worked on the article were charged with obtaining state secrets. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/world/asia/reuters-myanmar-massacre-rohingya.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The news agency Reuters has published a detailed investigation into the massacre of 10 Rohingya…
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I just don’t abide censorship | You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story
I just don’t abide censorship To my friends: I have withdrawn from the 18,000-plus member Facebook group “Kern County of Old” and have removed all of the contributions I’ve made to the site after the groupR… via You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story: https://johnhartephoto.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/i-just-dont-abide-censorship/ To my friends: I have withdrawn…
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Reuters Banned from Olympic Opening Ceremony for Leaked Photos
Reuters Banned from Olympic Opening Ceremony for Leaked Photos Reuters photographers and reporters have been banned from the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea, next month after the via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/01/29/reuters-banned-olympic-opening-ceremony-leaked-photos/ South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reports that on Sunday, Reuters filed several photos of the Olympic cauldron being lit with fire during…
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He Leaked a Photo of Rick Perry Hugging a Coal Executive. Then He Lost His Job. – The New York Times
He Leaked a Photo of Rick Perry Hugging a Coal Executive. Then He Lost His Job. An Energy Department photographer says he was fired for exposing the coal industry’s influence with the Energy secretary. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/business/rick-perry-energy-photographer.html?partner=rss&emc=rss As a photographer for the Department of Energy, Simon Edelman regularly attended meetings with Secretary Rick Perry and snapped…
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‘The New Normal’ in Pakistan: a Journalist on the Run From Gunmen – The New York Times
‘The New Normal’ in Pakistan: a Journalist on the Run From Gunmen Taha Siddiqui, a reporter and frequent critic of Pakistan’s military, escaped an attack by a dozen men who diverted his car just outside the capital. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/world/asia/pakistan-attack-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Fearing that his attackers would spot him from a distance, the investigative journalist Taha Siddiqui threw…
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‘Proof of life’ of kidnapped SA photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed received
[contentcards url=”https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/proof-of-life-of-kidnapped-sa-photojournalist-shiraaz-mohamed-received/ar-BBI8OjL”] ‘Proof of life’ of kidnapped SA photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed received Wednesday will mark exactly one year since Mohamed was captured in Syria on his way back to the Turkish border after accompanying the Gift of the Givers. The two drivers who were captured with him were released immediately, being told that Mohamed had…
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My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror
My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror As I took the stand, I thought about how much press freedom had been lost and how drastically national security reporting had changed in the post-9/11 era. via The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/03/my-life-as-a-new-york-times-reporter-in-the-shadow-of-the-war-on-terror/ My case was part of a broader crackdown…
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How Duterte Turned Facebook Into a Weapon—With Help From Facebook – Bloomberg
[contentcards url=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodrigo-duterte-turned-facebook-into-a-weapon-with-a-little-help-from-facebook”] How Duterte Turned Facebook Into a Weapon—With Help From Facebook – Bloomberg It’s social media in the age of “patriotic trolling” in the Philippines, where the government is waging a campaign to destroy a critic—with a little help from Facebook itself.
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How Do You Vote? 50 Million Google Images Give a Clue – The New York Times
How Do You Vote? 50 Million Google Images Give a Clue Artificial intelligence is making it possible for Street Views to be mined for insights about the economy, politics and human behavior — just as text mining has done for years. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/technology/google-images-voters.html For the first time, helped by recent advances in artificial intelligence, researchers…
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Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie Tells His True Story of Surviving 81 Days in Captivity in Syria
Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie Tells His True Story of Surviving 81 Days in Captivity in Syria For as long as he can remember, Jonathan Alpeyrie was fascinated by history and had a fierce passion for adventure. He loved the worlds he could escape to when his father read adventure classics to him, like Call of the Wild and…
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Using Billions in Government Cash, Mexico Controls News Media – The New York Times
Using Billions in Government Cash, Mexico Controls News Media Federal and state officials wield huge budgets for public advertising to dictate news coverage, routinely telling outlets what they should — and should not — report. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/world/americas/mexico-press-government-advertising.html?partner=rss&emc=rss “If a professional reporter wants to cover the dirty elements of what is happening in the country today,…
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How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda – Bloomberg
[contentcards url=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-21/inside-the-facebook-team-helping-regimes-that-reach-out-and-crack-down?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&utm_campaign=HP&cmpId=GP.HP”] How Facebook’s Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda – Bloomberg In the U.S., the unit embedded employees in Trump’s campaign. (Hillary Clinton’s camp declined a similar offer.) In India, the company helped develop the online presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who now has more Facebook followers than any other world…
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The WIRED Guide to Digital Security | WIRED
The WIRED Guide to Digital Security In an age of nonstop breaches and hacks, here are ways to improve your online security based on your level of risk, from average user to NSA contractor. via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/2017/12/digital-security-guide/ IN AN AGE of nonstop breaches and hacks, getting a handle on your own digital security matters more…
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“I want to mourn him but I can’t”: the missing photojournalist and the battle to find him | Prospect Magazine
“I want to mourn him but I can’t”: the missing photojournalist and the battle to find him Link: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/i-want-to-mourn-him-but-i-cant-the-missing-photojournalist-and-the-battle-to-find-him It’s more than three years since Kamaran Najm was captured in Iraq. Now his friends have lifted the media blackout
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Opinion: Killing Net Neutrality is Bad for Pro Creators and Growing Businesses
Opinion: Killing Net Neutrality is Bad for Pro Creators and Growing Businesses Maintaining net neutrality is vital to emerging tech companies like PhotoShelter, and it’s also vital to the professional photographers we serve. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/12/opinion-killing-net-neutrality-is-bad-for-pro-creators-and-growing-businesses/ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is driving forward a vote to kill net neutrality, scheduled to happen next week…
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Trump and Russia Seem to Find Common Foe: The American Press – The New York Times
Trump and Russia Seem to Find Common Foe: The American Press President Trump criticized CNN International hours after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a law requiring some American news media outlets to register as foreign agents. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/business/media/cnn-donald-trump-russia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Mr. Trump has denied any collusion by his campaign with Russian officials, and he has…
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The strange case of Facebook censoring people protesting a corrupt government | dorinlazăr.ro
The strange case of Facebook censoring people protesting a corrupt government The strangest thing happened yesterday, during the biggest mass protests against the corrupt government in Romania. One of the most well known online personalities, a prolific local vlogger, Marian… via dorinlazăr.ro: https://dorinlazar.ro/the-strange-case-of-facebook-censoring-people-protesting-a-corrupt-government/ The strangest thing happened yesterday, during the biggest mass protests against the corrupt…
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John Cantlie: plea for release of British Isis hostage five years after kidnap | World news | The Guardian
John Cantlie: plea for release of British Isis hostage five years after kidnap Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders says Cantlie is one of around 22 journalists and media workers still held via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/23/john-cantlie-plea-for-release-of-british-isis-hostage-five-years-after-kidnap Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders has called for renewed efforts to secure the release of British photojournalist John…
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St. Louis Police Ordered to Reaffirm Journalist Rights Once a Month
St. Louis Police Ordered to Reaffirm Journalist Rights Once a Month The St. Louis police department has just made a big move in support of photographer and journalist rights: police officers are now being ordered to read via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/11/17/st-louis-police-ordered-reaffirm-journalist-rights-month/ The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole made the announcement this…