Category: Access & Censorship
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AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media
Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests
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Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria – NYTimes.com
My Captivity In 2012, the author was kidnapped in Syria by the Nusra Front. After months of beatings and torture, he was certain he would be executed. Instead, he lived to tell this tale. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/magazine/theo-padnos-american-journalist-on-being-kidnapped-tortured-and-released-in-syria.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Theo Padnos, American Journalist, on Being Kidnapped, Tortured and Released in Syria
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CPJ: In almost all cases, journalists are still being killed with no consequences | Poynter.
CPJ: In almost all cases, journalists are still being killed with no consequences Toward the end of the report there’s an index. It it are seven pages with the names of journalists killed with full or partial impunity. Those first two lists contain 361 names.
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U.S. Inquiry Sought in Police Treatment of Press at Ferguson Protests – NYTimes.com
U.S. Inquiry Sought in Police Treatment of Press at Ferguson Protests A report by the PEN American Center cited police interference with journalists, including holding reporters in areas that denied them access to the protests, and accusations of threats and assaults. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/-us-inquiry-sought-in-police-treatment-of-press-at-ferguson-protests-.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The examples in the report included the decision to hold reporters in…
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Iranian Photojournalist Reportedly Detained After Covering Protest Against Acid Attacks – NYTimes.com
Iranian Photojournalist Reportedly Detained After Covering Protest Against Acid Attacks Arya Jafari was reported to have been detained over his images of protesters deploring acid attacks on women in Isfahan. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/world/middleeast/iranian-photojournalist-reportedly-detained-after-covering-protest-against-acid-attacks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 The arrest of the photographer, Arya Jafari, was reported by BBC Persian, a news service staffed by Iranian expatriates that is officially banned…
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Twitpic to vanish, taking 800 million images with it – Boing Boing
Twitpic to vanish, taking 800 million images with it Imagine you live in a big town, in the pre-internet era. For years, a local newspaper has provided a neat service: it’ll process your photos, so long as you let it publish them and keep the p… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/10/23/twitpic-to-vanish-taking-800.html Harry Callahan taught us to…
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Monopods No Longer Allowed at OU Football Games Because of Lens Crushing Incident
Monopods No Longer Allowed at OU Football Games Because of Lens Crushing Incident Last weekend, Tulsa World photojournalist Mike Simons made headlines for all the wrong reasons when Oklahoma football player Sterling Shepard took a via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/10/23/football-player-lens-crushing-incident-leads-new-rules-photographers-covering-ou-games/ photographers will have to keep any equipment attached to their person
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Syracuse Disinvites WashPost Pulitzer Photographer Due To Ebola Fears | NPPA
Syracuse Disinvites WashPost Pulitzer Photographer Due To Ebola Fears Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille of The Washington Post, who returned from covering the Ebola crisis in Liberia 21 days ago and who is symptom free, was asked by Syracuse University officials today not to come to campus wh via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/syracuse-disinvites-washpost-pulitzer-photographer-due-ebola-fears “If she…
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Obama administration has secured 526 months of jail time for leakers – Boing Boing
Obama administration has secured 526 months of jail time for leakers Up until Obama’s “most transparent administration”, and throughout the entire history of the USA, national security leakers had received a total of 24 months of jail time. There a… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/10/15/obama-administration-has-secur.html American photographer Joseph Sywenkyj has won the the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith…
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California Updates Invasion of Privacy Law to Ban the Use of Camera Drones
California Updates Invasion of Privacy Law to Ban the Use of Camera Drones In a bill meant to bring California’s privacy laws into a drone-heavy 21st century, the state just signed an act into law that will make it both illegal via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/10/14/california-passes-law-banning-drones-protect-general-publics-privacy/ just signed an act into law that will make it both…
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The war on leaks – CBS News
The war on leaks What happens when the demands of national security collide with the rights of a free press? Lesley Stahl finds out Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/war-on-leaks-national-security-press-freedom/ Risen was the first to break the story about the NSA’s secret wiretapping program that monitored Americans’ phone calls without a court warrant. He’s been subpoenaed to divulge his…
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Privacy and Photo:Tech – Kaptur
Privacy and Photo:Tech Privacy issues could become an industry debilitating issue if the photo:tech industry doesn’t take steps to monitor itself before it is too late. via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/privacy-phototech/ Next thing you know, or rather, you don’t know, your casual pictures is being analyzed for content. The location ( thank you GPS), the day, the…
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Islamic State, murderer of journalists, releases 11 rules for journalists – The Washington Post
Islamic State, murderer of journalists, releases 11 rules for journalists These are rules you hope you’ll never be in a position to obey via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/07/islamic-state-murderer-of-journalists-releases-11-rules-for-journalists/ Among the rules are orders that journalists must pledge allegiance to the Islamic State
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Newsha Tavakolian Believes Rule Changes to the Prix Carmignac Guarantee Her “Artistic Freedom” – The Eye of Photography
Newsha Tavakolian Believes Rule Changes to the Prix Carmignac Guarantee Her “Artistic Freedom” Is the controversy over? Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian, winner of the fifth Prix Carmignac, has reversed her decision to return the award and its 50,000€ prize.
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FCC fines Marriott $600,000 for jamming hotel Wi-Fi – Boing Boing
FCC fines Marriott $600,000 for jamming hotel Wi-Fi A Nashville convention center figured out how to boost its revenue from selling Internet service: it illegally jammed guests’ and exhibitors’ Wi-Fi networks. Glenn Fleishman explains th… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/10/03/fcc-fines-marriott-for-jamming.html A Nashville convention center figured out how to boost its revenue from selling Internet service: it…
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US Forest Service Clears Up Controversial Rules for Photographers, Delays Final Decision
US Forest Service Clears Up Controversial Rules for Photographers, Delays Final Decision Public outrage at the US Forest Service’s proposed commercial photography and videography permit rules has forced the agency to pull back and reconsider. via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/09/26/forest-service-delays-decision-controversial-permit-rules-amid-public-outcry/ delaying a final decision until December 3rd to allow an additional month of public comment
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Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports – The Washington Post
Reporters say White House sometimes demands changes to press-pool reports The revisions are usually small, but the practice is troubling, say reporters who cover the president. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/reporters-say-white-house-sometimes-demands-changes-to-press-pool-reports/2014/09/23/e5e6fec8-42d9-11e4-9a15-137aa0153527_story.html Journalists who cover the White House say Obama’s press aides have demanded — and received — changes in press-pool reports before the reports have been…
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Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas, alarming First Amendment advocates | OregonLive.com
Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas, alarming First Amendment advocates First Amendment advocates say the rules ignore press freedoms and are unconstitutional. via oregonlive: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/09/forest_service_says_media_need.html#incart_river “It’s pretty clearly unconstitutional,” said Gregg Leslie, legal defense director at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Alexandria, Va. “They would have to…
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“In Focus”: Media Using Pentagon Pics As News Photos (Again) — BagNews
“In Focus”: Media Using Pentagon Pics As News Photos (Again) – Reading The Pictures The inference here is that a photo taken by a photojournalist for a news organization and one taken by a soldier to ennoble the military really has no difference. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/09/in-focus-media-using-pentagon-pics-as-news-photos-again/ Today, with the possibility of the US…
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The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple’s iCloud | Threat Level | WIRED
The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple’s iCloud As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend, blame for the scandal has rotated from the scumbag hackers who stole the images to a researcher who released a tool used to crack victims’ iCloud passwords to Apple, whose security…