The Children's Commissioner, a United Kingdom regulator tasked with promoting and protecting the rights of children in the U.K., issued a report calling for the immediate ban of artificial intelligence (AI) apps that enable "deepfake sexual abuse of children." [Read More]
Meta is considering charging Facebook and Instagram users for an ad-free version in the U.K. after a landmark privacy case in which the company agreed to stop targeting ads at a British woman. [Read More]
Earlier this month, United Kingdom security officials reportedly issued a secret order to Apple to require the company to create backdoor access to users' encrypted iCloud data.
The creation of sexually explicit deepfake images is to be made a criminal offense in the U.K. -- with anyone sharing these images facing the possibility of jail time. [Read More]
A new law that means all artificial intelligence (AI) generated photos and videos must be labeled is being considered in the U.K. [Read More]
The United Kingdom has responded to the advancements in deepfake technology by putting in motion a plan to ban one of its most nefarious use cases: non-consensual deepfake porn. [Read More]
DJI has announced that it has received the first-ever C1 drone certificate for its Mavic 3 drone series that allows them to be flown in the new A1 Open Air Category without first having to pass the complex and expensive A2 Remote Piloting License exam. [Read More]
Police in the United Kingdom have been granted new powers that allow them to further crack down on pilots who are either flying illegally or irresponsibly with increased fines and the ability to confiscate drones.
Freelance photographer Andy Aitchison was recently arrested in the United Kingdom for performing the duties of his job: documenting an event. Aitchison was tasked with photographing a protest, and after he concluded his business and uploaded his images, he was arrested at his home.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has passed a new set of drone regulations that centralize and blanket the entire European Union under one set of rules that includes Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and the United Kingdom.
In a role that is open until October 22, the United Kingdom’s Cabinet Office is looking for a photographer to document and “promote the work of Ministers and the wider government visually.
According to an investigation by the BBC, women with darker skin are more than twice as likely to fail the automated United Kingdom passport rules than fair-skinned men when submitted online through the nation’s automated government checker.
The UK government has issued a national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t kept picture-takers from flocking to a particular “Blue Lagoon” in Buxton.
Photographers in the UK will soon be paying significantly steeper prices to use Photoshop, Lightroom, and other apps in Adobe’s Creative Cloud. Adobe is the latest company to raise prices for customers in the UK, blaming its move on “recent changes in exchange rates.
A proposed bill in the United Kingdom would make it so influencers, broadcasters, publishers, and anyone who is paid to post on social media would be required to display a logo on any digitally-altered photos of people. [Read More]
"The older I get, the closer I get," says street photographer Bruce Gilden. Now in his seventies, Gilden's latest book examines photographs he made in the U.K. across the 1970s and 2000s -- when he was very, very close to his subjects. [Read More]
The United Kingdom and eight European countries operating Panasonic Lumix Pro services have announced that they will cease to do so on November 30, 2025. [Read More]
Flickr has made some rather dramatic changes to the photo-sharing site in response to new safety standards put in place by the United Kingdom. While some of the new rules only affect citizens of the UK, the website is now acting like an adult website: in order to create an account, new users must be 18 years of age or older. [Read More]
The U.K. will become the first country in the world to make it illegal to use AI tools that create child sexual abuse images. [Read More]
The Northern Photography Prize celebrates the best in amateur photography in North East England. A pair of amateur photographers from the historic region have been awarded the landscape and portrait awards in this year's Northern Photography Prize competition. [Read More]
Tech conglomerate Meta will lose its grip on at least one app it has taken over: Giphy.
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We rarely find ourselves capturing event-based street photography and push to create stories from the everyday. However, at this point in time, we can’t imagine a more important, and historically significant day. [Read More]
Photographer Matt Badenoch attended the Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge and captured the unique cultural experience from start to finish. [Read More]
Three teens posed to take a selfie together when lightning struck the trio. That exact moment was captured on camera. Originally reported by the BBC, Rachel, Isobel, and Andrew Jobson were out for a bike ride when they paused under a tree near Hampton Court Palace in South London earlier this week. The three had […]
A Liverpool man was identified as a high-profile drug dealer and arrested after he shared a photo of a block of cheese in the palm of his hand, which allowed authorities to analyze his fingerprints. As reported by the Merseyside Police Department, Carl Stewart, 29, was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison […]