Man is Wrongfully Jailed For Heinous Crime Due To Facial Recognition Technology

A random man was wrongfully arrested after AI facial recognition technology accused him of a serious crime that he never committed. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-7-23 17:00

Photographer Jailed in Russia for Sharing Public Images of Soviet Bunkers

A photographer was sentenced to sixteen years in a Russian prison for sharing a publicly available book and declassified archival photographs of Soviet bunkers. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-6-27 18:43

Man Who Stole Iconic Photograph of Winston Churchill is Jailed for Two Years

A Canadian man has been sentenced to almost two years in jail for stealing an iconic 1940s photograph of Sir Winston Churchill -- known as The Roaring Lion. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-5-28 16:08

Videographer Faces Charges for Filming Jailed YouTuber Vitaly’s Video

The videographer of YouTuber Vitaly -- who faces 24 years in a Filipino prison over a prank video -- has reportedly also been charged for filming and livestreaming the stunt. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-4-29 14:52

Drone Pilot Jailed for Four Months for Taking Photos of Space Force Base

A Chinese national has been sentenced to jail for flying a drone over and taking photos of a U.S. Space Force base.

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2025-4-8 15:09

Gymnastics Photographer Jailed for Secretly Taking Photos of Kids

A gymnastics photographer has been jailed for distributing child pornography and secretly taking over 50,000 images of children's feet at the sports events he worked at. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-12-9 16:57

Man Jailed for 18 Years for Making AI-Generated Child Abuse Images

A man who used AI to create child abuse images using photographs of real children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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2024-10-29 19:46

Yellowstone Tourist Jailed for Trespassing on Geyser to Take Photos

A man was jailed for trespassing near the active Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park while trying to take photos.

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2024-6-19 17:21

Driver is Jailed After Winking for Selfie Before Killing Motorcyclist

Another selfie has ended in a tragic death but this time it was an innocent bystander rather than the picture-taker with the latter now facing imprisonment. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-6-11 16:37

J6 Rioter Who Tackled Cameraman Like an ‘NFL Linebacker’ is Jailed

A man who tackled a Reuters cameraman “like an NFL linebacker hunting a quarterback after an interception” during the January 6 riots was sentenced yesterday (Wednesday) to four years in prison. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-6 14:24

Man is Wrongfully Jailed For A Week Due To Facial Recognition Technology

A man has filed a lawsuit after being wrongfully charged with theft based on faulty facial recognition technology. He spent nearly a week in jail before the charges were dropped. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-9-26 20:11

Canadian Man Jailed for Creating AI Child Porn in Country’s First Ever Case

A man in Quebec, Canada has been sentenced to three years in prison for using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images of child pornography -- the first ruling of its kind in the country. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-4-28 21:40

Photographer Robert Frank Was Jailed for Being ‘Suspicious’ in 1955

Photographers are often viewed with suspicion by police, and there are regular headlines about people being harassed and detained for simply shooting photos. However, being stopped by police for this type of "suspicious" behavior is not an issue unique to the digital age. petapixel.com »

2022-3-5 20:00

Instagram and YouTube Star Jailed for Climbing The Great Pyramid of Giza

Instagram influencer and YouTube personality Vitaly Zdorovetskiy claims that he spent 5 days in an Egyptian jail and “saw horrible things” after he was caught climbing the Great Pyramid of Giza, a stunt that could have landed him in jail for a lot longer. petapixel.com »

2020-1-17 21:32