Category: Access & Censorship
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Photojournalist Ed Ou Denied Entry to U.S. on Way to Standing Rock | PDNPulse
Photojournalist Ed Ou Denied Entry to U.S. on Way to Standing Rock | PDNPulse Ou was traveling to Standing Rock Indian Reservation on assignment for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, to cover the protests there. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2016/11/photojournalist-ed-ou-denied-entry-u-s-way-standing-rock.html Then they asked my why I was going to Standing Rock and why I was so interested in…
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Jailed by Egypt, Honored for His Photojournalism – The New York Times
Jailed by Egypt, Honored for His Photojournalism Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has been in a Cairo prison for over three years. He has now received an International Press Freedom Award. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/world/middleeast/jailed-by-egypt-honored-for-his-photojournalism.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has been in Tora Prison in Cairo for more than 1,100 days. He has been…
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Ritual of Ever-Present Coverage May Not Pass Muster With Trump – The New York Times
Ritual of Ever-Present Coverage May Not Pass Muster With Trump Reporters who thought the Obama administration was closed may be up against something much more opaque. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/business/media/under-a-trump-administration-presidential-press-pool-may-be-a-ritual-under-threat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 To understand how President-elect Donald J. Trump’s spontaneous meal this week at the “21” Club, the Manhattan nightspot, could turn into a flash point on the future…
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Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites – The New York Times
Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites After criticism that they might have allowed fake news to influence the 2016 election, the companies are banning such sites from using their advertising services. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/technology/google-will-ban-websites-that-host-fake-news-from-using-its-ad-service.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Taken together, the decisions were a clear signal that the tech behemoths could no longer ignore the growing outcry…
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Where Will Trump Stand on Press Freedoms? – The New York Times
Where Will Trump Stand on Press Freedoms? It’s one thing to wage a press war as a candidate. It would be another if Trump were to do it from the White House. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/business/media/where-will-trump-stand-on-press-freedoms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 if Mr. Trump keeps up the posture he displayed during the campaign — all-out war footing — the future will hold…
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Turkey Detains Prominent Opposition Journalists – The New York Times
Turkey Detains Prominent Opposition Journalists The editor of the last remaining opposition newspaper was in custody, as were 12 writers and executives and a leading cartoonist. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/world/europe/turkey-arrests-cumhuriyet-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Murat Sabuncu, the editor in chief of Cumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest secularist newspaper, and at least 12 other executives and journalists from the daily were detained during early-morning…
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‘Informed Consent’ and Why it Doesn’t Work
‘Informed Consent’ and Why it Doesn’t Work Photographers are increasingly being asked to seek “informed consent” from people they photograph in development and humanitarian situations. The stated via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/10/22/informed-consent-doesnt-work/ Photographers are increasingly being asked to seek “informed consent” from people they photograph in development and humanitarian situations. The stated intention is to protect their…
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Sweden Bans Flying Camera Drones in Public Places
Sweden Bans Flying Camera Drones in Public Places In a huge blow to the aerial photography and camera drone industry in Sweden, the country’s highest court has ruled that it is illegal to fly camera via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/10/22/sweden-bans-flying-camera-drones-public-places/ Photographers are increasingly being asked to seek “informed consent” from people they photograph in development and humanitarian…
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Police Use Surveillance Tool to Scan Social Media, A.C.L.U. Says – The New York Times
Police Use Surveillance Tool to Scan Social Media, A.C.L.U. Says Geofeedia, a company in Chicago, has used data from Facebook, Twitter and several other networks to aid law enforcement officials in monitoring protesters, the A.C.L.U. says. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/technology/aclu-facebook-twitter-instagram-geofeedia.html Facebook, Twitter and Instagram say they have cut off Geofeedia’s access to their information. But civil liberties…
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Newspapers hit with a wave of requests to take down embarrassing archived stories – Poynter
Newspapers hit with a wave of requests to take down embarrassing archived stories – 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: http://www.poynter.org/2016/newspapers-hit-with-a-wave-of-requests-to-take-down-embarrassing-archived-stories/432585/ A remedy is less clear. Most newspapers have had a longstanding practice…
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Controversial Moscow Photo Exhibit Closed After Protester Thew Urine
Controversial Moscow Photo Exhibit Closed After Protester Throws Urine A highly controversial photo exhibit at a small art gallery in Moscow shut down this week after protests against it got out of hand. Not only were the via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/09/27/protester-threw-urine-prints-controversial-moscow-photo-exhibit/ The exhibit of nude photographs by American photographer Jock Sturges (NSFW link) is controversial, there’s…
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Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above
Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above
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Egypt Suspends 8 Female TV Anchors, Saying They Are Overweight – The New York Times
Egypt Suspends 8 Female TV Anchors, Saying They Are Overweight The director of state-run Egyptian radio and television barred the women from appearing on the air for a month, and ordered them to go on a diet. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/middleeast/egypt-suspends-8-female-tv-anchors-saying-they-are-overweight.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 she was recently told that “measures will be taken against” those who fail to lose weight…
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“A Honeypot For Assholes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment – BuzzFeed News
“A Honeypot For Assholes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech — it’s virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating, via BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/a-honeypot-for-assholes-inside-twitters-10-year-failure-to-s?utm_term=.emalJ4DJ8#.yc3ExXbx7 For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not…
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Should News Outlets Show Photographs of Terrorists? | TIME
Should News Outlets Show Photographs of Terrorists? Some French news organizations have decided not to show the names and faces of terrorists. via Time: http://time.com/4438929/terror-attack-photos/ “Looking at their faces, or knowing their names, in no way is an affirmation of their lives or their deeds, but only an acknowledgment of what unfortunately exists.”
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Robbed Olympics Photographer Spots Thief Posing as Him in Venue
Robbed Olympics Photographer Spots Thief Posing as Him in Venue News Corp photographer Brett Costello was robbed of $40,000 in camera gear at a cafe in Rio a few days ago. Then yesterday, while covering an event at the via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/07/robbed-olympics-photographer-spots-thief-posing-venue/ “Looking at their faces, or knowing their names, in no way is an…
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IOC Bans Press from Sharing GIFs from the Olympics, Internet is Amused
IOC Bans Press from Sharing GIFs from the Olympics, Internet is Amused The IOC has a lot to worry about this Olympics: making sure the athletes are safe, making sure the media is safe, making sure the press knows they are NOT via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/05/ioc-bans-press-sharing-gifs-olympics-internet-amused/ …the use of Olympic Material transformed into graphic animated formats…
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Olympic Photographer Robbed in Rio, $40K of Gear Stolen in 10 Seconds
Olympic Photographer Robbed in Rio, $40K of Gear Stolen in 10 Seconds The opening ceremony hasn’t even kicked off yet, and olympic photographers are already having a hard time in Rio. Case in point: News Corp photographer via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/05/olympic-photographer-robbed-rio-40k-gear-stolen-10-seconds/ As he explained to The Courier Mail, a young woman came up to him in…
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Pentagon Revamps Law of War Manual to Protect Journalists – The New York Times
Pentagon Revamps Law of War Manual to Protect Journalists The guide, which originally compared correspondents to spies, now lauds “independent reporting,” but leaves unchanged other sections scholarly critics called inaccurate. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/us/politics/pentagon-revamps-law-of-war-manual-to-protect-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 But the Defense Department’s overhaul of its Law of War Manual left unchanged other disputed sections that scholarly critics have called inaccurate and…
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A Patent to Turn Off Smartphone Cameras With Invisible Signals – The Atlantic
What If Cameras Stopped Telling the Truth? New technology to block photography at concerts hints at an alarming future for smartphones. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/07/what-if-cameras-stopped-telling-the-truth/491150/ New technology to block photography at concerts hints at an alarming future for smartphones.