Category: Access & Censorship

  • Photographers Testify Against Texas Proposed Limits On Unmanned Aerial Photos

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    Photographers Testify Against Texas Proposed Limits On Unmanned Aerial Photos In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, NPPA members testified in front of a Texas House Committee against a bill that would make photography with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) subject to criminal and civil penalties. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/node/60271 HB 912 is one of four bills…

  • Your WiFi-enabled camera might be spying on you

    Your WiFi-enabled camera might be spying on you

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    Your WiFi-enabled camera might be spying on you Every networked sensor package in your immediate vicinity can be used to spy on you unless it is well-designed and transparent to you and the wide community of security researchers. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/26/your-wifi-enabled-camera-might.html Mende and Turbing chose to compromise Canon’s EOS-1D X DSLR camera an exploit…

  • Don’t even think about asking Tim Tebow a question!

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    Link: » Whatacrock at Whataburger Field: Don’t even think about asking Tim Tebow a question! JIMROMENESKO.COM Journalists were given these rules for covering the event

  • VP Biden’s Press Office Apologizes for Demanding that Reporter Delete Photos

    VP Biden’s Press Office Apologizes for Demanding that Reporter Delete Photos

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    VP Biden’s Press Office Apologizes for Demanding that Reporter Delete Photos Vice President Joe Biden’s press secretary apologized to a Capital News Service reporter and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism Wednesday after a press office staffer demanded the reporter delete photos taken at an event in Rockville. via CNS Maryland: http://cnsmaryland.org/2013/03/13/vp-bidens-press-office-apologizes-for-demanding-that-reporter-delete-photos/#.UUHCtsTFQno.twitter “This was pure…

  • Appeals Court Curbs Border Agents’ Carte Blanche Power to Search Your Gadgets

    Appeals Court Curbs Border Agents’ Carte Blanche Power to Search Your Gadgets

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    Appeals Court Curbs Border Agents’ Carte Blanche Power to Search Your Gadgets A federal appeals court for the first time ruled Friday that U.S. border agents do not have carte blanche authority to search the cellphones, tablets and laptops of travelers entering the country — a “watershed” decision in the court’s own terms and one…

  • Justice Department Statement Supports Mannie Garcia’s Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit

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    Justice Department Statement Supports Mannie Garcia’s Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit The U.S. Department of Justice has just filed a Statement of Interest in the federal civil rights lawsuit brought by photojournalist Mannie Garcia against Montgomery County, MD, police and prosecutors in the aftermath of his June 2011 unlawful arrest, whi via NPPA: https://nppa.org/node/42647 the First…

  • Photojournalists in Oakland Face Epidemic of Camera Robberies

    Photojournalists in Oakland Face Epidemic of Camera Robberies

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    In Oakland, Photojournalists Covering Crimes Become the Victims In less than a year, journalists at every major television news station in the Bay Area have been robbed of expensive cameras, sometimes at gunpoint, and it is changing the way they report. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/business/media/photojournalists-in-oakland-face-epidemic-of-camera-robberies.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 In less than a year, every major television news station in the…

  • Aerial photography ban proposed for all but government

    Aerial photography ban proposed for all but government

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    Aerial photography ban proposed for all but government AGBeat: “Neal Kurk (R), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 1986 has recently sponsored HB 619-FN to make aerial photography illegal in their state.” The proposed… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/02/aerial-photography-ban-propose.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Neal Kurk (R), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 1986 has…

  • Pro-Assad Hackers Take Over AFP’s Twitter with Syrian Propaganda Photos

    Pro-Assad Hackers Take Over AFP’s Twitter with Syrian Propaganda Photos

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    Pro-Assad Hackers Take Over AFP’s Twitter with Syrian Propaganda Photos After a couple of high-profile corporate hacks last week, a much nastier Twitter sabotage took place today on behalf of supporters of Bashar Al-Assad. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/02/afp-twitter-hack/62539/ The @AFPphoto account is an odd choice for a hack, since the account has only been around for…

  • Daytona crash video tests fair use, copyright for fans and journalists

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    Link: Daytona crash video tests fair use, copyright for fans and journalists | Poynter. “Fans can see that they give up their copyrights when they read their tickets. The tickets say NASCAR owns anything the fans capture as pictures, video or sound,” Osterreicher said by phone Sunday.

  • Steve Sands, Celebrity Photographer, Rebels at the Velvet Rope

    Steve Sands, Celebrity Photographer, Rebels at the Velvet Rope

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    The Rebel at the Velvet Rope Steve Sands, whom some consider New York’s most notorious paparazzo, has been going to celebrity affairs to document what he sees as abuse from security and the police. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/nyregion/steve-sands-celebrity-photographer-rebels-at-the-velvet-rope.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 “Just getting to the media area was fraught with hassles,” Mr. Sands wrote, “as most of the N.Y.P.D. claimed…

  • White House press complain about access to president

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    Link: White House press complain about access to president | Poynter. President Obama’s staff “often finds Washington reporters whiny, needy and too enamored with trivial matters or their own self-importance,” Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen write in Politico. So they limit the president’s availability to the White House press corps, hand out photos and do…

  • Attacks on Journalists Rose in 2012, Group Finds

    Attacks on Journalists Rose in 2012, Group Finds

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    Report Sees Journalists Increasingly Under Attack The Committee to Protect Journalists said 70 news workers were killed on the job last year, a 43 percent rise from 2011. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/world/attacks-on-journalists-rose-in-2012-group-finds.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 “It’s a sad year for press freedom,” Robert Mahoney, the group’s deputy director, said at a news conference held at the United Nations. “From Mexico…

  • Swiss photographer in legal battle to publish photobook

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    Swiss photographer in legal battle to publish photobook In Jesus’ Name, produced in 2012, is Christian Lutz’s third book in a series documenting power around the world. In 2007, the Agence Vu photographer published Protokoll on political power, and Tropical Gift in 2010 on economic power. In Jesus’ Name docume via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2243026/swiss-photographer-in-legal-battle-to-publish-photobook?WT.rss_f=All+the+latest+articles+from+BJP&WT.rss_a=Swiss+photographer+in+legal+battle+to+publish+photobook Agence Vu’ photographer Christian Lutz…

  • ‘Unflattering’ Beyoncé Photos Have Been Removed From Getty’s Website

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    'Unflattering' Beyoncé Photos Have Been Removed From Getty's Website Getting images removed from photo agencies' websites: so hot right now. On Monday, we discovered that photos of Kanye West in his much-maligned kilt at the 12-12-12 concert were removed from Getty's site and various others. Now, controversial shot via Gawker: http://gawker.com/5982635/unflattering-beyonce-photos-have-been-removed-from-gettys-website Getting images removed from…

  • Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers

    Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers

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    Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months The timing of the attacks coincided with reporting for an investigation that found that the relatives of China’s prime minister had accumulated a fortune worth several billion dollars through business dealings. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 “The timing of the attacks coincided with the reporting for a Times…

  • Berlin activists create CCTV-smashing street game

    Berlin activists create CCTV-smashing street game

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    Berlin activists create CCTV-smashing street game Activists in Berlin have created a game called Camover where they move through public spaces in disguise, smashing CCTV cameras, recording the act and uploading it to YouTube for points. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/01/26/berlin-activists-create-cctv-s.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Activists in Berlin have created a game called Camover where they move through public spaces…

  • Twitter suspends account of Somali Islamist militants linked to Al-Qaeda

    Twitter suspends account of Somali Islamist militants linked to Al-Qaeda

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    Twitter suspends account of Somali Islamist militants linked to Al-Qaeda Two days after a group of Somali islamist militants vowed to execute Kenyan hostages, and tweeted a video of a captive pleading for the Kenyan government to help free them, the Al-Shabaab Twitter a… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/twitter-suspends-account-of-so.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 “For its part, Al Shabaab blames its…

  • 500px App Booted from Apple Store Due to Nudity

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    Link: PDN Pulse » Blog Archive » 500px App Booted from Apple Store Due to Nudity Aside from the usual question about what constitutes “pornography,” we have to wonder how far Apple is willing to go in terms of regulating apps that would allow adults to view nude images. Does this apply to search engines…

  • Twitter Weaponized: Al-Shabaab and the Latest Offensive in “Social” War

    Twitter Weaponized: Al-Shabaab and the Latest Offensive in “Social” War

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    Twitter Weaponized: Al-Shabaab and the Latest Offensive in “Social” War – Reading The Pictures For the moment, at least, it’s worth noting how Al-Shabaab has used social media and the photo to further undermine any “rules” of engagement while expanding the field of asymmetrical warfare. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2013/01/twitter-weaponized-al-shabaab-and-the-latest-offensive-in-a-social-war/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29 What the militant’s are attempting…