Category: Access & Censorship

  • Man Photographs Sleeping Cop Until Second Cop Orders Him To Stop

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    Pixiq Sean Quinn snapped the picture and sent it to The Repository, saying that the officer photographed was only a few hundred yards from a car crash. He said he flashed his own vehicle’s high-beam lights at the cruiser for several minutes in an attempt to get the officer’s attention before another officer responding to…

  • Lacoste Elysée Photo Prize Cancelled Over Censorship Controversy

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    PDN Lacoste reportedly objected for political reasons to a project by finalist Larissa Sansour called “Nation Estate,” which was inspired by the recent Palestinian bid for nationhood at the United Nations. Lacoste said in a statement today that Sansour’s work did not fit the contest theme, and denies it excluded her for political reasons.

  • HOWTO keep your data safe at the US border

    HOWTO keep your data safe at the US border

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    HOWTO keep your data safe at the US border The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a new guide, “Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices,” which explains how the law, good te… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/12/21/howto-keep-your-data-safe-at-t.html The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a new guide, “Defending Privacy at the…

  • For journalists, coverage of political unrest proves deadly

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    For journalists, coverage of political unrest proves deadly Journalists die at high rates while covering protests in the Arab world and elsewhere. Photographers and freelancers appear vulnerable. Pakistan is again the deadliest nation. A CPJ special report… Link: http://cpj.org/reports/2011/12/journalists-killed-political-unrest-proves-deadly.php Pakistan remained the deadliest country for the press for a second year, while across the world…

  • Police are roughing up journalists across U. S.

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    Douglas Turner, The Buffalo News Today, photographers and reporters are being manhandled again in this country by police. Not in the smoky backwoods of the Deep South, as in the 1960s, but in cradles of so-called liberalism like New York, Los Angeles, Oakland and Rochester via NPPA

  • As Violence Continues, Egypt News Media Clash Over Its Cause

    As Violence Continues, Egypt News Media Clash Over Its Cause

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    As Violence Continues, Egyptian General Blames Protesters Egypt’s state-run and independent media battled over whom to blame as clashes between security forces and protesters continued for a fourth day on Monday in Cairo. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/world/middleeast/as-violence-continues-egypt-news-media-clash-over-its-cause.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all Independent journalists trying to film the military violence complained of harassment. An independent satellite channel broadcasting live images of the…

  • It’s ok to run round acting silly, being stupid and gay. Phew.

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    It’s ok to run round acting silly, being stupid and gay. Phew. — duckrabbit Met Commissioner compensates journalist arrested for taking photographs in public place and told to stop “running round acting silly, being stupid and… via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2011/12/confused/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+duckrabbit%2FNrks+%28duckrabbit%29 “You know what, I consider you a threat under the Terrorism Act young man. I’ve had enough.”  …

  • Facebook Flaw Exposes Private Photos

    Facebook Flaw Exposes Private Photos

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    Facebook Flaw Exposes Private Photos A flaw in Facebook’s image reporting tool allows users to view the private photos of other users, including those of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — like the one at the top of this story. The flaw was found by members of a bodybuilding forum, who disco via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/facebook-flaw-exposes-photos/all/1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 A…

  • Arrested for Doing Their Jobs

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    American Journalism Review Several recent incidents suggest a disturbing new trend: public safety officials targeting photographers, including professionals. “Cops don’t want to be identified,” says Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. “They don’t want their pictures taken.”

  • Photog Released on Bail After Rough Arrest at Occupy L.A.

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    Photog Released on Bail After Rough Arrest at Occupy L.A. | PDNPulse A man arrested while photographing the police raid to shut down the Occupy L.A. encampment last Wednesday was finally released on $10,000 bail late Friday, according to press reports. Tyson Heder was charged with assault and battery on a police office and via…

  • D.C. will revisit street photography regulations

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    D.C. will revisit street photography regulations After objections, Attorney General Irvin Nathan says city rules will be narrowed. via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/dc-will-revisit-street-photography-regulations/2011/11/28/gIQAbxqX5N_blog.html Under current city regulations, persons or businesses that “engage in the business of taking photographs of any person or persons upon the streets, sidewalks, or other public spaces of the District of Columbia,…

  • Israel Apologizes to Lynsey Addario

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    Israel Apologizes to Lynsey Addario | PDNPulse Israel’s Defense Ministry has apologized to photojournalist Lynsey Addario after soldiers subjected her to a humiliating strip search at a Gaza Strip checkpoint several weeks ago, according to an Associated Press report. The search occurred after Addario, via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/11/israel-apologizes-to-lynsey-addario.html Israel’s Defense Ministry has apologized to photojournalist Lynsey…

  • South African Parliament Approves Press Law

    South African Parliament Approves Press Law

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    South Africa Passes Law to Restrict Reporting of Government Secrets Legislators overwhelmingly approved a new secrecy law that critics say is designed to shield a corrupt elite from press scrutiny. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/world/africa/south-african-parliament-to-vote-on-press-law.html?hp&pagewanted=all Brushing aside protests by press-freedom advocates and heroes of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, the parliament overwhelmingly passed a contentious bill on Tuesday that…

  • N.Y.P.D. Stops Reporters With Badges and Fists

    N.Y.P.D. Stops Reporters With Badges and Fists

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    Reporters Meet the Fists of the Law Over several days, New York police officers have arrested, punched, whacked, shoved to the ground and tossed a barrier at reporters and photographers. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/nyregion/nypd-stops-reporters-with-badges-and-fists.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Over several days, New York cops have arrested, punched, whacked, shoved to the ground and tossed a barrier at reporters and photographers.

  • Media Can Avoid NYPD Arrest By Getting Press Pass They Can’t Get

    Media Can Avoid NYPD Arrest By Getting Press Pass They Can’t Get

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    Media Can Avoid NYPD Arrest By Getting Press Pass They Can’t Get A NYC spokesman says reporters should get an official press pass from the police to avoid getting arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street. He neglects to mention that the NYPD won’t issue press passes to cover the protests. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/nypd-occupy-press-pass/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired27b+%28Blog+-+27B+Stroke+6+%28Threat+Level%29%29 Stu Loeser,…

  • Chicago Journalism Professor: Chicago Police Department Detained Him and Deleted Video of Arrest

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    Chicago Journalism Professor: Chicago Police Department Detained Him and Deleted Video of Arrest EXCLUSIVE. Loyola University Professor Ralph Braseth in Chicago has shared with me a complaint alleging another incident of police ordering a citizen to delete videotape of an arrest taken in publi… via JONATHAN TURLEY: http://jonathanturley.org/2011/11/15/chicago-journalism-professor-accused-chicago-police-department-of-deleting-film-of-arrest/ They allegedly asked for his camera and…

  • Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site

    Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site

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    Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site Members of the news media say police blocked them from observing the removal of Occupy Wall Street protesters. Mayor Bloomberg said the police acted to “protect members of the press.” via Media Decoder Blog: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/reporters-say-police-denied-access-to-protest-site/?partner=rss&emc=rss The city blog Gothamist put it this way: “The NYPD Didn’t Want…

  • Mexico: moderator of online discussion forum about narcos reported as tortured, decapitated by narcos

    Mexico: moderator of online discussion forum about narcos reported as tortured, decapitated by narcos

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    Mexico: moderator of online discussion forum about narcos reported as tortured, decapitated by narcos (UPDATED) UPDATE: One media outlet in Mexico reports that there is no proof that the man killed in Nuevo Laredo on Wednesday was a social media user. Police say they are still investigating. Unlike in previo… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/in-mexico-online.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Below…

  • Pictures of Photog’s Arrest Force Police Accountability

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    Pictures of Photog’s Arrest Force Police Accountability | PDNPulse Once again, police officers have arrested a photographer doing her job–this time in Milwaukee–only to let her go a few hours later without charges. The summary round-up of journalists at street demonstrations is a form of intimidation, and rough injustice via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2011/11/pictures-of-photogs-arrest-force-police-accountability.html looking at the…

  • Dawdling while photographing is (technically) illegal in DC

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    Poynter. As more news photographers get swept up in police action at Occupy Wall Street-type protests around the nation, those covering Washington D.C. protests just learned of a decades-old law that gives the cops even more power to clear out pesky photogs.