Category: Access & Censorship

  • Federal appeals court considers release of postmortem Osama bin Laden photos

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    Federal appeals court considers release of postmortem Osama bin Laden photos A federal appeals court will consider whether the public has a right to view postmortem photos of Osama bin Laden. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/federal-appeals-court-considers-release-of-postmortem-osama-bin-laden-photos/2013/01/09/d7882ab0-5aa9-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_story.html?wprss=rss_world In April, U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ruled that the images would remain secret. He wrote that he found…

  • In Bahrain, cameras are weapons

    In Bahrain, cameras are weapons

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    In Bahrain, cameras are weapons How the government crackdown has led to the arrests of those documenting the protests. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/03/in-bahrain-cameras-are-weapons/?wprss=rss_world “Humaidan, who has won several international awards in photojournalism, is believed to have been targeted for his images of Bahraini protesters. But he’s also the latest case in what has become a…

  • Justin Beiber Wants Stronger Anti-Paparazzi Law After Photographer’s Death

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    Justin Beiber Wants Stronger Anti-Paparazzi Law After Photographer’s Death Justin Beiber today called for new legislation after the death of a photographer who was hit by a car after crossing a busy highway on foot to photograph the star’s Ferrari last night. via NPPA: https://nppa.org/node/27145 “Humaidan, who has won several international awards in photojournalism, is…

  • Mugshot sites sued

    Mugshot sites sued

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    Mugshot sites sued David Kravets, at Wired: “An Ohio man who found his police booking photo on several privately run mugshot websites is suing those sites under a novel legal theory: that the mugshot publishing… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/mugshot-sites-sued.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 suing those sites under a novel legal theory: that the mugshot publishing industry is violating his…

  • Can an Anti-Blackout Save Journalist James Foley in Syria?

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    Can an Anti-Blackout Save Journalist James Foley in Syria? We may never know whether imposed silences by their parent organizations helped NBC News's Richard Engel or The New York Times's David Rohde escape, but the Agence France-Presse is now trying the opposite. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/01/can-anti-blackout-save-journalist-james-foley-syria/60492/ The family of freelance reporter Jamey Foley has broken a…

  • Reporter Austin Tice’s parents appeal to his captors

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    Reporter Austin Tice’s parents appeal to his captors An open letter to those holding our son, Austin Tice:… via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/reporter-austin-tices-parents-appeal-to-his-captors/2012/12/20/0cd8a46c-4af9-11e2-b709-667035ff9029_story.html?wprss=rss_world We urge you, whoever you are: Let Austin come home for Christmas. Let us hug him, laugh and cry with him, love him in person. Let us be a whole family again.

  • NBC correspondent Richard Engel and crew freed in Syria

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    NBC’s Richard Engel, crew freed after kidnapping, death threats in Syria Richard Engel and his production crew were freed in a firefight between his captors and Syrian rebels. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nbc-correspondent-richard-engel-and-crew-freed-in-syria/2012/12/18/93d53c7e-48ff-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html?wprss=rss_world “The journalists were released Monday after a firefight between their captors and Syrian rebels at a checkpoint manned by the Ahrar al-Sham brigade,…

  • City buses across America now covertly recording passengers’ conversations

    City buses across America now covertly recording passengers’ conversations

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    City buses across America now covertly recording passengers’ conversations City buses across America increasingly have hidden microphones that track and record the conversations that take place on them. It’s easy to see the reasoning behind this: once it’s acc… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/city-buses-across-america-now.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 My photography in this body of work would be considered street I…

  • Manny Pacquiao aides allegedly attacked photographer after brutal knockout

    Manny Pacquiao aides allegedly attacked photographer after brutal knockout

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    Manny Pacquiao aides allegedly attacked photographer after brutal knockout Seconds after Manny Pacquiao was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, two key members of his team allegedly assaulted Getty Images photographer Al Bello because they were angry that Bello was shooting pictures … Continue Link: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/manny-pacquiao-aides-allegedly-attacked-photographer-brutal-knockout-005405170–box.html Seconds after…

  • The Taliban Just Tried to Assassinate Me | VICE

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    The Taliban Just Tried to Assassinate Me There’s a certain amount of irony when you’re accused of being pro-Taliban, only to find half a kilo of explosives under your car, which have been put there by the Taliban. But that situation is something that Hamid Mir, Pakistan’s most well-known TV… via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/hamid-mir-just-survived-an-assassination-attempt-by-the-taliban There’s a…

  • Anti-drone NYC street artist arrested

    Anti-drone NYC street artist arrested

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    Anti-drone NYC street artist arrested Essam Attia is NYC street artist who posted fake NYPD posters “reassuring” people about the ubiquitous surveillance of the department, especially via drones. The NYPD surveilled him, tr… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2012/12/02/anti-drone-nyc-street-artist-a.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Essam Attia is charged with “56 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument, grand larceny possession of…

  • It’s not a crime to record cops, Supreme Court decides

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    Link: It’s not a crime to record cops, Supreme Court decides | Poynter. “The U.S. Supreme Court Monday left in place a lower court ruling that prevented Illinois from prosecuting people under its Eavesdropping Act if they recorded police officers”

  • Using War as Cover to Target Journalists

    Using War as Cover to Target Journalists

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    Using War as Cover to Target Journalists Journalists who dig into dangerous corners of the world have grown accustomed to being threatened, but now some governments have decided shooting the messenger is a viable option. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/business/media/using-war-as-cover-to-target-journalists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss three employees of news organizations were killed in Gaza by Israeli missiles. Rather than suggesting it was a…

  • FBI investigation of Broadwell reveals bureau’s comprehensive access to electronic communications

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    FBI investigation of Broadwell reveals bureau’s comprehensive access to electronic communications The trail cut across a seemingly vast territory with no clear indication of the boundaries, if any, that the FBI imposed on itself. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-investigation-of-broadwell-reveals-bureaus-comprehensive-access-to-electronic-communications/2012/11/17/5f27d636-3012-11e2-9f50-0308e1e75445_story.html?wprss=rss_world By the time the probe exploded into public view earlier this month, the FBI was sitting on…

  • Family of missing journalist Austin Tice pleads for information

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    Family of missing journalist Austin Tice pleads for information The parents of the missing journalist said they are searching for clues three months after he went missing in Syria. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/family-of-missing-journalist-austin-tice-pleads-for-information/2012/11/12/5762398c-2d01-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html?wprss=rss_world The men chant as they push Tice up a hillside and he pleads, “Oh, Jesus, oh, Jesus,” before the video cuts.

  • Romney charges journalists to cover tonight’s party, Obama gives journalists free access

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    Link: Romney charges journalists to cover tonight’s party, Obama gives journalists free access | Poynter. The students learned Monday that in order to report on Romney’s party, they would have to pay $1,000 – that was after they received a special discount and reduced the number of student journalists assigned to the party

  • Surveillance Camera Man wants to know why we accept CCTVs but not a creepy guy with a camcorder

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    Link: Surveillance Camera Man wants to know why we accept CCTVs but not a creepy guy with a camcorder – Boing Boing “Surveillance Camera Man” is an anonymous fellow who wanders the streets and malls of Seattle with a handheld camcorder, walking up to people and recording them — in particular, recording their reactions to…

  • FACEBOOK: I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK

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    FACEBOOK: I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK If you want to send Facebook a message, please feel free to use our graphics for your Facebook page THE BIGGEST ‘BAIT N’ SWITCH’ IN HISTORY? This has been brewing since around May. At least that’s when we first started noticing it here at Dangerous Min via DangerousMinds: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/facebook_i_want_my_friends_back…

  • Photographers, city council members sue NYC for systematic violations of civil rights during Occupy Wall Street

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    Link: Photographers, city council members sue NYC for systematic violations of civil rights during Occupy Wall Street | dvafoto photographers Stephanie Keith, Charles Meacham, the National Press Photographers’ Association (see their blog about the case), five NYC city council members, and others, have joined in a federal lawsuit against various New York City entities and…

  • Suspect Arrested in Kidnapping of Photographer

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    Suspect Arrested in Kidnapping of Photographer | PDNPulse British authorities have charged a 26-year old man with illegally detaining UK photographer John Cantlie and Dutch journalist Jeroen Oerlemans in Syria last July, according to a BBC report. Shajul Islam, a British citizen who allegedly has ties to Syrian via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/10/suspect-arrested-in-kidnapping-of-photographer.html British authorities have charged…