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Wednesday morning, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill forcing TikTok to divest from its parent company or face a ban.

Photographers in Minnesota have been left reeling after being banned from dance tournaments. The league has hired its own photographers whose pictures will be available to purchase by the public.

A couple found out that the videographer they had hired for their wedding was banned from the venue where they were due to tie the knot.

TikTok has been banned from all devices owned and managed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The United States will add eight more Chinese companies to its Investment Blacklist, including DJI. Also known as the U.S. Treasury's "Chinese military-industrial complex companies" blacklist, it would prevent any U.S. investment in a company on the list.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has called for the addition of DJI drones to the FCC Covered List, which could prevent the company from selling its products in the United States.

The United States government has reportedly agreed to lift a Trump-era ban on Chinese technology company Xiaomi. The company was added to the US military list of alleged Chinese military companies in January, which blocks US investment in the company.

The United States government just announced that the video-sharing social app TikTok and the social app WeChat will be banned in the US starting on Sunday "to protect the national security of the United States."

The historic Gion neighborhood in Kyoto has enacted a photography ban near one of the area's most photographed streets. The law comes in response to rude tourists and street photographers who have been flocking to the neighborhood to capture photos of its narrow alleyways, picturesque tea houses, and the geishas who call Gion home.

A Royal Caribbean cruise line passenger has been banned from the company's cruises for life after she climbed onto the railing of her room's balcony to pose for a dangerous photo in front of the ocean.

If you own one of the 15-inch MacBook Pros that was part of Apple's recent battery recall, you'll want to get the battery replaced before you try and take it on a flight. The FAA has confirmed that all affected MacBook Pros are banned from flying until and unless the battery is replaced by Apple.

The popular blogging platform Tumblr has announced that starting on December 17th, 2018, it will permanently ban all adult content and nudity. That includes artistic nude photos published by professional photographers.

Iconic spots in Kansas City, Missouri, are banning photographers from their property due to photo shoots getting out of control. Professional photographers argue the trouble is being caused by "a few bad apples" that aren't representative of the whole industry.

After a longtime ban on photographing the Tashkent Metro was lifted this summer, I went underground to reveal the art, architecture, and nuclear-blast protection in Central Asia’s oldest subway system.

If you're a photographer, you may want to be careful how you phrase things on social media. Case in point: a UK-based photographer was just suspended from Facebook for saying he was "shooting a few Christians."

Singer and guitarist Jack White, the founder of The White Stripes, has banned fan photos at upcoming live concerts. It's a policy that will be strictly enforced: concert-goers will have their smartphones locked away while they're at the show.

CVS has just announced that it is banning Photoshopping of its beauty images. More specifically, the pharmacy chain will stop retouching in ways that "materially alter" the subjects in photos.

On Saturday July 1st, 2017, £600 worth of cameras and equipment were stolen from inside my rucksack, itself packed into a larger suitcase, during a Tunisair flight from Tunis to London Heathrow while they were checked into the hold of the plane.

A tiny Swiss village has just passed a law that bans people from taking photos. Why? Because they want to save you from the pain of FOMO, or the fear of missing out.

A controversial executive order signed last week by President Trump is causing problems for multiple photography institutions in the US. World Press Photo has been forced to replace a judge last-minute, and a photographer scheduled to speak at the International Center of Photography has been denied entry into the country.

Places where you may need to bring a kevlar jacket and gas mask as a photographer: a war zone, the middle of a violent uprising, and ... the 2016 Republican National Convention. That's right, photographers are gearing up to cover the 2016 RNC in much the same way they'd gear up for a conflict zone.

London's new mayor Sadiq Khan was only elected last month, but he lost no time fulfilling a big campaign promise. Now that he's in office, Kahn is officially banning all ads that "conform to an unrealistic body image" in the London transit network.

Photographer Éric Lafforgue has spent years traveling the world to shoot documentary photos for well-known publications. He was even given rare access to North Korea, where he shot thousands of photos showing citizens and government officials going about their daily lives.

After his 6th trip to the country in September 2012, however, Lafforgue was banned by the government for the photos he was sharing online.

If you have the app "InstaAgent" on your phone to track the people who visit your Instagram account, you might want to delete it now. The app has been banned by Apple and Google from their app stores after it was discovered that the app steals account passwords and posts ads without permission to people's photo feeds.

On September 23rd, Pope Francis will be visiting Washington D.C. and rolling through the streets during a Papal Parade in his Popemobile. The Secret Service is working hard on security preparations leading up to the visit, and yesterday it published security policies for law enforcement to enforce.

Among the banned items at the parade are firearms, explosives, drones, and selfies sticks.

If you're a photographer in Fargo, North Dakota, beware: if someone thinks you're acting "creepy" or "suspicious," you could have your reputation destroyed in a very public way.

Just days after one photographer was kicked out of a McDonalds after taking pictures of kids, another photographer has been banned from Fargo's public pools and shamed online after being accused of the same thing.

Selfie sticks may be growing in popularity, but bans of the photo accessory have been increasingly common as well. First sports stadiums started prohibiting spectators from using the sticks, and then major museums started following suit. Next in line: major theme parks.

Disney World and Disneyland are both issuing complete bans on selfie sticks, meaning guests won't be able to bring them into any of Disney's US-based theme parks. Bans will also be implemented at Disney's parks in Paris and Hong Kong.