US YouTuber May Face 7 Years in South Korean Jail for Deepfake Video

A U.S. YouTuber is reportedly facing jail time for creating a deepfake video that showed him kissing a South Korean influencer. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-11-12 19:49

Man is Sentenced to Jail for Posting Hospital Selfie With Dying Stranger

A man has been sentenced to jail for taking a hospital selfie with a dying stranger in hospital.

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2024-10-12 15:37

Gallery Owner Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Forging Ansel Adams Photos

A gallery owner was sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding clients out of $1.6 million worth of fine art photographs, including prints by famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-18 18:35

YouTuber Gets Six Months in Jail For Deliberately Crashing His Plane

A YouTuber has been sent to prison for six months after he purposefully crashed his airplane and then hid the wreckage.

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2023-12-6 18:05

Wedding Photographer Spent a Year in Jail After Pleading the Fifth

As reported by WFLA, longtime Florida wedding photographer Michael Zoumberos spent nearly a year in jail for civil contempt because he refused to cooperate with federal investigators concerning a major DEA scandal that included Zoumberos' brother, former DEA agent George Zoumberos. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-8-19 23:50

YouTuber Faces Jail After Admitting to Crashing His Plane on Purpose

A YouTuber has come clean about crashing his airplane on purpose as he faces jail for obstructing a federal investigation by cleaning up the wreckage himself. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-5-13 18:32

France Proposes Jail for Influencers Who Don’t Disclose Photoshop

There's no shortage of studies focused on understanding the effects of social media use on people, especially adolescents. Apps like Instagram may perpetuate damaging myths about physical appearance and lead people to suffer debilitating mental health conditions, low self-esteem, and even seek cosmetic surgery at higher than expected rates. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-4-6 23:00

YouTuber Arrested and Facing Jail Time for Eating a Bat on Camera

A Thai blogger has been arrested for uploading a video where she eats a whole bat in a bowl of soup.

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2022-11-15 20:11

French Photographer Gets 8 Years in Jail in Iran Over Drone Photos

A French tourist was arrested last year in Iran for flying a drone and taking aerial photos near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. He has been sentenced to eight years in prison under espionage charges. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-1-27 19:55

The Red Prison: My Photo Exhibition in a Saddam-Era Jail

When people ask me my favorite places on Earth, typically I respond like this: the best food is in Ethiopia, the best historical sites are in India, but the best people are in Kurdistan. For that reason, I have been pulled back to Kurdistan as a photographer again and again. This article features some of […] petapixel.com »

2020-4-8 18:30

Photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa Gets 18 Years In Jail For Murder

Zwelethu Mthethwa, a well-known South African photographer, has been sentenced to 18 years in jail after being found guilty of the 2013 murder of a sex worker in Cape Town. Warning: Graphic photo below. petapixel.com »

2017-6-8 19:05

Man Gets 30 Days in Jail for Knocking Woman Unconscious with Drone

The Seattle man who lost control of his drone and knocked a woman unconscious in the process has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine for his transgression. We first shared this story with you in January, when photographer Paul Skinner was found guilty of reckless endangerment for an incident that […] petapixel.com »

2017-2-27 20:58

The filmmakers who took a stroll on Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic are facing jail time

Three of the four Canadian filmmakers who were caught roaming onto Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic hot spring have pled not guilty to charges of foot travel in a thermal area and disorderly conduct. dpreview.com »

2016-11-9 12:00