A US District Court of California has granted a temporary restraining order against the City of Los Angeles, and therefore the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), barring law enforcement from blocking, assaulting, citing, or detaining a journalist from documenting a march, protest, rally, or demonstration. [Read More]
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A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can't be forced to block certain types of "harmful" content from teens. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-09-03 18:49
A judge has ruled that social media companies -- including Meta, Google, Snap, and ByteDance -- must face the hundreds of lawsuits blaming them for children's addiction to its platforms. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-15 15:47
A federal judge has ruled that Netflix may have defamed a Kentucky man, Taylor Hazlewood, after the streaming company used a photo of Hazelwood in a true-crime documentary about a convicted murderer. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-10-13 21:52
A federal judge ruled yesterday that the city of Louisville, Kentucky, cannot ban a Christian photographer from limiting her wedding photography business to opposite-sex couples. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-08-31 18:20
Imagine running a headshot session and instead of handling the photos with sensitivity and care, the photographer sells the images to a national company for a major advertising campaign. [Read More]
A photographer in Quebec City, Canada waiting for clouds to form so he could capture the perfect shot was fined $168 (230 CAD) for loitering after a U.S. consulate guard asked him to leave. [Read More]
"This series has become a way for me to honor and advance queer relationships," says BFA student Carlos Hernandez about his one-of-a-kind photo series called 'Queer Alienism. ' He aims to showcase elements of queer existence beyond the current limitations that he observes.
If there was ever something that annoys photographers, it's photo theft. Was your photo used without permission? Is it being used commercially or as part of a piece of artwork? Trust us, we know. It never feels good.
Most people take pictures, post, and then never think about what happens to them. This is totally normal for people who take pictures to document memories, humblebrag on social media, and share pictures with their loved ones.
The Ethical Consumer, an alternative consumer organization based in the UK, found that it could not rate any camera manufacturer as ethical, and as a result recommends buying second-hand instead. The organization conducts studies on a three-year basis to determine what brands, including camera manufacturers, act ethically based on a number of factors that include […]