Category: Access & Censorship
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California Anti-Paparazzi Law Would Threaten First Amendment Rights
California Anti-Paparazzi Law Would Threaten First Amendment Rights – NPPA Advocacy Committee Earlier this summer the California legislature proposed a new “anti-paparazzi” bill, which NPPA opposes. More recently, Actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner testified before the California State Assembly, voicing their support for the bill that carri via NPPA Advocacy Committee: http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2013/08/16/california-anti-paparazzi-law-would-threaten-first-amendment-rights/ If the bill…
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Egypt Lashes Out at Foreign News Media’s Coverage
Egypt Lashes Out at Foreign News Media’s Coverage A correspondent for Al Jazeera is arrested while other journalists are scolded for failing to portray the crackdown in the government’s terms: as a war against violent terrorists. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/world/middleeast/egypt-lashes-at-foreign-news-media-over-coverage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Senior government officials, meanwhile, publicly scolded Western correspondents in two news conferences and a public statement for…
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Numerous journalists killed or injured in recent Egypt violence
Link: Numerous journalists killed or injured in recent Egypt violence | dvafoto
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This Is What It Looks Like Just Before the Muslim Brotherhood Jumps You
This Is What It Looks Like Just Before the Muslim Brotherhood Jumps You – ANIMAL As the recent death toll in Egypt surpasses 500, news of Muslim Brotherhood supporters being slaughtered in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square has been an especially via ANIMAL: http://animalnewyork.com/2013/this-is-what-it-looks-like-just-before-the-muslim-brotherhood-jumps-you/ All I smell is sweat and spray-paint. All I see are fists. I’m thinking…
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Austin Tice has now been missing for a year
Link: Austin Tice has now been missing for a year | Poynter.
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Lavabit founder has stopped using email: “If you knew what I know, you might not use it either”
Lavabit founder has stopped using email: “If you knew what I know, you might not use it either” Earlier this week, Xeni reported on the shutdown of Lavabit, the email provider used by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Ladar Levison, Lavabit’s founder, has given an interview to Forbes ab… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/10/lavabit-founder-has-stopped-us.html For this round…
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NSA leak: US can spy on Americans, despite direct statements of President, Congress, top spooks
NSA leak: US can spy on Americans, despite direct statements of President, Congress, top spooks The Guardian has the latest of the Snowden/NSA leaks, detailing the semantic loophole exploited by the Agency in order to spy on the communications of Americans and people in the USA, something it … via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/09/nsa-leak-us-can-spy-on-americ.html The video…
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NSA, on US soil, systematically searches Americans’ cross-border communications without warrants
NSA, on US soil, systematically searches Americans’ cross-border communications without warrants In the New York Times today, Charlie Savage has another new, important story on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. He reports: via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/08/nsa-on-us-soil-systematicall.html When Kendrick Brinson first heard of Sun City, a retirement community in Arizona that boasts a squad of…
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Criminalizing Journalism: Manning, Media and You
Criminalizing Journalism: Manning, Media and You On Tuesday, Bradley Manning was acquitted of “aiding the enemy” for leaking 700,000 classified government documents, including a video of an American airstrike in Baghdad that killed 12 civilians, … via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/02/criminalizing-journalism-mann.html while many journalists are breathing a sigh of relief about the aiding-the-enemy decision, we shouldn’t…
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French court bans Yan Morvan’s latest photobook
French court bans Yan Morvan’s latest photobook Yan Morvan has been documenting gangs in France’s suburbs for 40 years, he’s followed the Hell’s Angels, Skinheads and even serial killer Guy Georges, who took him hostage in 1995 and tortured him for three weeks. This experience forced Morvan to call it via British Journal of Photography:…
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French Editor and Photographer Charged Over Topless Kate Middleton Photos
French Editor and Photographer Charged Over Topless Kate Middleton Photos | PDNPulse The editor of French Closer magazine and an unidentified photographer have been charged with violation of French privacy laws for their alleged role in the publication last September of topless pictures of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge (and now via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/07/french-editor-and-photographer-charged-over-topless-kate-middleton-photos.html…
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Journalists at Bradley Manning trial report hostile conditions for press
Journalists at Bradley Manning trial report hostile conditions for press Press line #Manning pic.twitter.com/ftzFBHzLsz— Alexa O’Brien (@carwinb) July 25, 2013 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js UPDATE: Bradley Manning trial judge increased press security R… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/07/25/journalists-at-bradley-manning.html Journalists and bloggers covering closing arguments in the military trial of Wikileaks source Bradley Manning are reporting a far more intense…
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No answers yet in arrest that never should have happened
Link: Paul Anger: No answers yet in arrest that never should have happened | Detroit Free Press | freep.com it shows a man in a dark polo shirt and a Tigers cap approach Mandi from her left. He tells her to, “Back up, back up” and, “Turn it off.” Never identifies himself as a police…
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NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say
NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say The Obama administration for the first time responded to a Spygate lawsuit, telling a federal judge the wholesale vacuuming up of all phone-call metadata in the United States is in the “public interest,” does not breach the constitutional rights of Americ via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/07/spygate-snooping-standing/ The…
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In Major Ruling, Court Orders Times Reporter to Testify
Court Tells Reporter to Testify in Case of Leaked C.I.A. Data A federal appeals court ruled that James Risen, an author and a reporter for The New York Times, must testify against a former government official charged with giving him classified information. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/us/in-major-ruling-court-orders-times-reporter-to-testify.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 James Risen, an author and a reporter for The New York…
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Police Intimidation Watch: Detroit Police Apologize After Video Shows Them Violating Photographer’s Rights
Police Intimidation Watch: Detroit Police Apologize After Video Shows Them Violating Photographer’s Rights | PDNPulse With a public relations mess on its hands, and a video showing that it probably violated the constitutional rights of a Detroit Free Press photographer, the Detroit police department has apologized to the paper’s editors, and promised to issue a…
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United Nations’ Security Council to debate protection of journalists
Link: United Nations’ Security Council to debate protection of journalists – British Journal of Photography The debate will take place as two French journalists, including photographer Edouard Elias, are still missing in Syria after being abducted on 07 June. According to French authorities, both journalists are still alive.
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Hearing Set in Arrest of Aerial Photographer George Steinmetz
Hearing Set in Arrest of Aerial Photographer George Steinmetz | PDNPulse George Steinmetz, the National Geographic contributor known for the landscapes he captures from a motorized paraglider, faces a court hearing in Kansas this Thursday following his arrest on June 28 for criminal trespass after he flew over a cattle feedlot via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/07/hearing-set-in-arrest-of-aerial-photographer-george-steinmetz.html “A…
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The Best Kind of Coverage of All: “Closed Press”
The Best Kind of Coverage of All: “Closed Press” –> Well, well, well. It seems that the White House has decided that there is no need to have any Open Press events. This is c… Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-best-kind-of-coverage-of-all-closed.html Well, well, well. It seems that the White House has decided that there is no need…
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Ag-Gag Arrest: National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz arrested for photographing Kansas feedlot
Link: Ag-Gag Arrest: National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz arrested for photographing Kansas feedlot | dvafoto A spokesman for the Kansas Livestock Association told the Hutchinson [Kansas] News that Steinmetz’s activities could pose a safety risk to the food supply and reminds agricultural operators to remain vigilant in identifying and reporting similar incidents.