New York City is taking a strong stance against social media and becomes the first city in the United States to designate it as a "public health hazard" and using imagery that compares it to smoking. [Read More]
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New York City’s mayor took to social media this past weekend to encourage New Yorkers to report each other for social distancing violations by snapping photos and texting them to a special tip line. petapixel.com »
2020-04-22 19:54
As New York City — the US epicenter of the pandemic — continues to battle the coronavirus, mayor Bill de Blasio is now asking New Yorkers to report people and businesses who are breaking social distancing rules by photographing them. petapixel.com »
2020-04-20 20:53
Deepfakes of celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Ice Spice, Drake, and even the late Queen Elizabeth are teaching math to kids in viral TikTok videos. [Read More]
Four school boards in Ontario, Canada have launched a $4.5 billion lawsuit against social media giants Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok for what they describe as negligently designed apps. [Read More]
Compact digital cameras continue to have a revival with searches for the Nikon Coolpix soaring by over 8,500% in the last year. [Read More]
TikTok is reportedly working on a new stand-alone photo app called "TikTok Photos" in a platform that could potentially rival Instagram. [Read More]
A concert photographer narrowly missed a guitar being thrown at him on stage -- after a heavy metal musician mistook him for someone else. [Read More]
A street photographer has gone viral with his epic impromptu portrait of actor Gordon Cormier who plays Avatar Aang in Netflix's hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender. [Read More]
A wedding photographer at the center of a TikTok storm over her prices says she has faced death threats after revealing she charges $8,500 for her pictures which many have dismissed as "blurry". [Read More]