Category: Access & Censorship
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Cops Can’t Search Cell Phones Without a Warrant, Supreme Court Rules | Threat Level | WIRED
Cops Can’t Search Cell Phones Without a Warrant, Supreme Court Rules The court released a landmark decision Wednesday morning in the case of Riley vs. California, forbidding warrantless police searches of the contents of arrestees’ cell phones. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/supreme-court-rules-cops-cant-search-cell-phones-without-a-warrant/ The UK website Expertreviews published their review of the Nikon D810 camera and then promptly…
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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones | Threat Level | WIRED
Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile p via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/remote-control-system-phone-surveillance/…
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The More Twisted Things About the Cairo al-Jazeera Verdict, in Pictures — BagNews
The Twisted Cairo al-Jazeera Verdict, in Pictures – Reading The Pictures For one thing, the judge spent a good chunk of time during the trial behind dark glasses. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/06/the-most-twisted-things-about-the-cairo-al-jazeera-journalist-verdict-yesterday-in-pictures/ When Alex Webb was photographing at the Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, N.Y., a man turned to the Magnum photographer, looked at…
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Egypt sentences Al Jazeera journalists to prison, drawing international condemnation – The Washington Post
Egypt sentences Al Jazeera journalists to prison, drawing international condemnation The three journalists were sentenced on charges of collaborating with “terrorists” to fabricate news. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-sentences-al-jazeera-journalists-to-7-years-in-prison-for-working-with-terrorists/2014/06/23/b4c9958e-fab4-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html?wprss=rss_world Observers said prosecutors presented no evidence implicating the defendants in any terrorism-related activity. The trial prompted international criticism that Egypt is in a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism.
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PDNPulse » Danish Photojournalist Released in Syria after 13 Months in Captivity
Danish Photojournalist Released in Syria after 13 Months in Captivity | PDNPulse Daniel Rye Ottosen, a Danish photojournalist who has been held captive in Syria for 13 months, was released yesterday and reunited with his family, Denmark’s Foreign Ministry reports. According to the Associated Press, a ministry spokesperson would not co via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/06/danish-photojournalist-released-syria-13-months-captivity.html Ottosen,…
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AP News : Danish photographer freed after 13 months in Syria
Danish photographer freed after 13 months in Syria Daniel Rye Ottosen’s abduction was known to Danish media, which had refrained from reporting it for security reasons.
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PDNPulse » Suffolk County Pays $200K to Settle News Photographer’s Unlawful Arrest Claim
Suffolk County Pays $200K to Settle News Photographer’s Unlawful Arrest Claim | PDNPulse Suffolk County, New York has agreed to pay freelance news videographer Philip Datz $200,000 to settle civil rights claims stemming from Datz’s unlawful arrest for recoding county police activity on a public street in 2011. In addition, the Suffolk County via PDNPulse:…
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GCHQ claims right to do warrantless mass interception of all webmail, search and social media – Boing Boing
GCHQ claims right to do warrantless mass interception of all webmail, search and social media The UK spy agency GCHQ says it doesn’t need a warrant to intercept and store all UK social media traffic, search history and webmail because it is headed offshore, so it’s “foreig… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/06/17/gchq-claims-right-to-do-warran.html The UK spy agency…
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PDNPulse » NH Town Pays $57K to Settle First Amendment Claim in Traffic Stop Video Case
NH Town Pays $57K to Settle First Amendment Claim in Traffic Stop Video Case | PDNPulse The town of Weare, New Hampshire, has paid $57,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a citizen who was arrested in 2010 after attempting to videotape a traffic stop, according to a report by the New Hampshire Union…
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Why Is There Still a 3 Song Limit at Concerts? – Assignment Chicago
Why Is There Still a 3 Song Limit at Concerts? The much adored Kelis was the first concert I have photographed in awhile, and the person at the Park West box office said I’d be able to photograph the whole concert. He was mistaken. I was escorted out shortly after the third song while concertgoers…
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US official backs Marines’ request to classify photos of forces urinating on Taliban corpses – Boing Boing
US official backs Marines’ request to classify photos of forces urinating on Taliban corpses “In an apparent expansion of the government’s secrecy powers, the top official in charge of the classification system has decided that it was legitimate for the Marines to classify photograph… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/06/12/us-official-backs-marines-re.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag Information Security Oversight Office director John P.…
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Woman Violently Attacks Photographer on Beach for Using a Quadcopter
Woman Violently Attacks Photographer on Beach for Using a Quadcopter Editor’s Note: This video contains strong language that is not suitable for viewing at work. We’ve seen our fair share of photographers being harassed by via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/06/09/woman-violently-attacks-photographer-beach-using-quadcopter/ Fortunately the unnamed photographer had the presence of mind to begin secretly recording the altercation when he…
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NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events
NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events In nearly five months in office, de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an Associated Press analysis of de Blasio’s schedule shows. On a handful of days, his entire schedule was off limits. All told, more than 20 percent of…
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Why Has The Falling Man – One Of The Strongest Photographs in History Disappeared [strong graphics] – DIY Photography
Why Has The Falling Man – One Of The Strongest Photographs in History Disappeared [strong graphics] – DIY Photography Some dates are defining dates and everyone remembers where they have been on those date. One such date is 9/11. If I asked you where you were on that day you’d probably remember. One of the…
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» Reporter is kicked out of the 9/11 Museum for asking a question JIMROMENESKO.COM
Reporter is kicked out of the 9/11 Museum for asking a question The museum’s PR man told Gothamist: “If you go to our website, it clearly states that all media access has to be cleared through my office. I don’t recall providing Mrs. Chung a pass for reporting purposes. Chung was welcome to join the…
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Foreign reporters not welcome – Correspondent
Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Foreign-reporters-not-welcome-in-Turkey Another difference was the way lots of people looked at foreign media. Before Gezi, it was easy to be a foreign reporter here, but now we’d somehow become responsible for all that ailed Turkey. The government has fed many a conspiracy theory.
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Russian official’s threat to ban Twitter spurs quick backlash – The Washington Post
Russian official’s threat to ban Twitter spurs quick backlash A top Russian telecoms official warns of a possible Twitter ban via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-telecoms-watchdog-warns-of-possible-twitter-ban/2014/05/16/a8c8bf98-77db-4bbb-8efe-d25a75de84ad_story.html?wprss=rss_world In an interview with a local newspaper Friday, Maxim Ksenzov, deputy head of the government’s telecommunications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, called Twitter a “political” tool that undermines the state’s authority.
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PDNPulse » Kidnapped, Beaten, and Shot in Syria, Photographer and Writer Manage to Escape
Kidnapped, Beaten, and Shot in Syria, Photographer and Writer Manage to Escape | PDNPulse Photographer Jack Hill and reporter Anthony Lloyd of The Times of London escaped to Turkey after they were kidnapped, beaten and shot by a rebel gang in Syria, the newspaper has reported. The two journalists had been in Aleppo accompanied by…
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Reality Show President: Inside the White House PR Machine
Reality Show President: Inside the White House PR Machine – Reading The Pictures In producing this just-under 12 minute video, ReasonTV draws on quotes from BagNews to illustrate how thoroughly the White House controls Obama’s visual image. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/05/reality-show-president-inside-the-white-house-pr-machine/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Bagnewsnotes+(BAGnewsNotes) Discrete street photography is not really what Mikel Patrick Avery did. In fact, he…
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Putin tightens control of independent media with Russian blogging law
Link: Putin tightens control of independent media with Russian blogging law | dvafoto The latest development is a new law requiring bloggers to register with the state if they have more than 3000 visitors daily