Category: Access & Censorship
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Prosecutors will not call reporter in leak case – The Washington Post
Va. prosecutors will not call reporter in leak case Prosecutors say a former CIA officer provided classified information to James Risen of the New York Times. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/va-prosecutors-will-not-call-reporter-in-leak-case/2015/01/12/2b6f273c-9a72-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html That — at least for now — is the resolution to the strange saga of James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who resisted…
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What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry – Boing Boing
What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry David Cameron says there should be no “means of communication” which “we cannot read” — and no doubt many in his party will agree with him, politically. But if they un… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/01/13/what-david-cameron-just-propos.html David Cameron says there should be…
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Old and new media split on Muslim cartoons – POLITICO.com
Old and new media split on Muslim cartoons Most legacy news media organizations said Wednesday that they have no plans to publish or broadcast photos of Charlie Hebdo cartoons portraying the Muslim prophet Mohammed, even as many new digital outlets ran the images. via POLITICO: http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/01/old-and-new-media-split-on-muslim-cartoons-200735.html Most legacy news media organizations said Wednesday that they…
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The Online Photographer: H.R.5893: The Ansel Adams Act
H.R.5893: The Ansel Adams Act Subtitled “To restore the First Amendment Rights of Photographers.” A bill introduced by Steve Stockman (Republican from Texas) in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 2nd. Read it here. Won’t take you long—it’s short. Mike (Thanks to Jim Hughes). via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2015/01/hr5893-the-ansel-adams-act.html Subtitled “To restore the First…
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Seven Years In, Reporter Says Little to Court – NYTimes.com
Defiant on Witness Stand, Times Reporter Says Little James Risen of The New York Times took the stand but did not answer any questions that could help the Justice Department identify his confidential sources. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/us/james-risen-in-tense-testimony-refuses-to-offer-clues-on-sources.html?partner=rss&emc=rss “If you took away all the things that the press revealed to begin with in the war on terror,…
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Dying in the E.R., and on TV Without His Family’s Consent – NYTimes.com
Dying in the E.R., and on TV Without His Family’s Consent Months after her husband was hit by a truck, Anita Chanko watched him die again on “NY Med,” a medical series. But she hadn’t given permission for those moments to be aired. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/nyregion/dying-in-the-er-and-on-tv-without-his-familys-consent.html?partner=rss&emc=rss “I saw my husband die before my eyes.” No one in…
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Photojournalist Shawkan describes “endless nightmare” from behind bars – Daily News Egypt
Photojournalist Shawkan describes ‘endless nightmare’ from behind bars – Daily News Egypt Photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zied, also known as Shawkan, re-affirmed his innocence, saying “I am a photojournalist, not a criminal”, in an open letter he sent from prison on Saturday. via Daily News Egypt: http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/12/20/photojournalist-shawkan-describes-endless-nightmare-behind-bars/ He was arrested on 14 August 2013 while covering…
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Obama’s Justice Department secretly helped kill FOIA transparency bill – Boing Boing
Obama’s Justice Department secretly helped kill FOIA transparency bill We’ve long known the Justice Department’s stance on transparency has been hypocritical and disingenuous. But they’ve really outdone themselves this time. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/12/17/obamas-justice-department-s.html We’ve long known the Justice Department’s stance on transparency has been hypocritical and disingenuous. But they’ve really outdone themselves this time.
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News Shooter | Channel 7 cameraman Greg Parker captures the Sydney Seige and helps police
Channel 7 cameraman Greg Parker captures the Sydney Seige and helps police – Newsshooter By technical editor Matt Allard: Over the last day or so many you will have seen the extraordinary images of the siege at a Sydney cafe which ended in the deaths of three people including the attacker. As the story was…
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Fuck Rick James, and Corbin Bernsen, too | You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story
Fuck Rick James, and Corbin Bernsen, too The issue of photographers’ rights and entertainment photography is creating a lot of discussion right now (July 2015) as several photographers and media organizations are reporting that they… via You can’t have my job, but I’ll tell you a story: http://johnhartephoto.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/fuck-rick-james-and-corbin-bernsen-too/ Sometimes good journalism meant walking away from…
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Woman Awarded $1.12M After Being Arrested While Taking Photos Outside a Military Base
Woman Awarded $1.12M After Being Arrested While Taking Photos Outside a Military Base A New York woman has been awarded $1.12 million in damages after being arrested back in 2009 while taking photographs outside a military base. The via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/12/12/woman-awarded-1-12m-arrested-taking-photos-outside-military-base/ Jake Shivery’s body of work is an earnest, honest, and admiring catalog of the…
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Google News shuts down in Spain – Boing Boing
Google News shuts down in Spain Spain’s insane new compulsory fee for quoting news stories has shut down Google News there — and will prevent any new news search-engines from emerging to replace it. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/12/11/google-news-shuts-down-in-spai.html Spain’s insane new compulsory fee for quoting news stories has shut down Google News there — and…
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Report Says C.I.A. Used Media Leaks to Advantage – NYTimes.com
Report Says C.I.A. Used Media Leaks to Advantage The agency leaked classified material to reporters to shape the perception that its detention and interrogation program was an effective tool in thwarting terrorism, according to a Senate report released Tuesday. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/us/politics/report-says-cia-used-media-leaks-to-advantage.html The details in the report speak to tensions inside the government over the intelligence…
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Hagel: U.S. hostage ‘murdered’ in Yemen – The Washington Post
U.S. hostage Luke Somers, South African Pierre Korkie killed in Yemen After trekking almost seven miles in the darkness, Navy SEALs came under fire within 300 feet of the compound where American Luke Somers and South African Pierre Korkie were held. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hagel-us-hostage-murdered-in-yemen/2014/12/06/959c0e4c-7d33-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html?wprss=rss_world “Both Luke Somers and a second non-U.S. citizen hostage were…
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John Cantlie speaks about failed US attempt to rescue hostages in Isis video | World news | The Guardian
John Cantlie speaks about failed US attempt to rescue hostages in Isis video British photojournalist says hostages were moved by militants days before night time mission in Raqqa on 4 July via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/21/john-cantlie-failed-us-attempt-rescue-isis-hostages-raqqa-video British photojournalist says hostages were moved by militants days before night time mission in Raqqa on 4 July
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Court Orders Ferguson Police To Not Interfere With Photographing Or Recording In Public | NPPA
Court Orders Ferguson Police To Not Interfere With Photographing Or Recording In Public Today a federal judge for the Eastern District of Missouri granted three orders agreed and consented to by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the County of St. Louis Missouri, and the City of Ferguson. The orders signed by Judge John A. Ross…
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Published Photographs Lead to Death Threats in Pakistan | TIME
Published Photographs Lead to Death Threats in Pakistan A photographer has received “a credible and direct threat” against her life after five years of images shot in Pakistan were published in the U.K. via Time: http://time.com/3598711/pakistan-death-threat-photographer/ Alixandra Fazzina has received “a credible and direct threat” against her life after five years of images shot in…
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Whatsapp Just Switched On End-To-End Encryption For Hundreds of Millions of Users | WIRED
Whatsapp Just Switched on End-to-End Encryption for Hundreds of Millions of Users The result is practically uncrackable encryption for hundreds of millions of phones and tablets that have Whatsapp installed—by some measures the world’s largest-ever implementation of this standard of encryption in a messaging service. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/11/whatsapp-encrypted-messaging/ “THIS IS THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT OF END-TO-END…
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Uber exec boasts of plans to attack critical journalist – Boing Boing
Uber exec boasts of plans to attack critical journalist Uber executive Emil Michael boasted privately about plans to harass reporters critical of the company, reports Buzzfeed, revealing a specific intent to attack journalist Sarah Lacy and expose priva… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/11/17/uber-exec-boasts-of-plans-to-a.html Uber executive Emil Michael boasted privately about plans to harass reporters critical of…
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Forest Service Chief Says Journalists Don’t Need Permits to Photograph in National Forests
Forest Service Chief Says Journalists Don’t Need Permits to Photograph in National Forests | PDNPulse The U.S. Forest Service says journalists have a constitutional right to photograph and film on National Forest System lands. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/11/forest-service-chief-says-journalists-dont-need-permits-photograph-national-forests.html The “hospital” where I took these pictures is a makeshift clinic set up in the basement of a…