In a major victory for privacy advocates, Clearview AI has been permanently banned, nationwide, from making its facial recognition database available to most businesses and other private entities.
A judge has tossed the defamation portion of a Los Angeles-based photographer's lawsuit that was based on a run-in with Hillary Duff in 2020 where she posted a video on social media and called him a "creep."
The photographer who faced strong criticism for charging extra to take photos of plus-sized models has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the agent and model that publicized his test shoot rates.
A Swedish photography magazine was recently contacted by lawyers who claimed that a photo it downloaded from the free photo service Pixabay violated a client's copyright. But it turned out the law firm and the client were both fake, and the real photographer had never uploaded it to Pixabay either.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revoked the pilot license of influencer Trevor Jacob after it found that he intentionally crashed his plane for the purpose of making a viral YouTube video.
A new report found that Facebook was accidentally elevating harmful content for the past six months instead of suppressing it. A second report found that its internal policies may have resulted in the underreporting of photos of child abuse.
A federal judge has overturned the stringent drone laws in Texas, citing that it is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. The lawsuit challenging the law was brought in 2019 by the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA).
The United States Supreme Court has announced that it plans to hear The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case, whose ultimate ruling will have a massive impact on the visual arts community with regard to fair use.
In response to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against fellow rapper Nas, Snoop Dogg argues photographers should not own the photos they take of celebrities.
A new bipartisan bill has been introduced into the United States Senate that takes aim at algorithmic-based feeds like those on Facebook and Instagram. The bill would direct two government agencies to investigate ways to add friction to content sharing.
OpenSea, one of the largest marketplaces for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), recently put a cap on the number of NFTs that could be minted for free. It was removed after an outcry, but OpenSea revealed that it was added due to massive amounts of misuse.
A new law is set to go into effect in England and Wales that would make it illegal to photograph breastfeeding mothers in public in a move designed to stop women from being pestered "for self-gratification or for harassment purposes."
A judge has dismissed Spencer Elden's lawsuit which alleged Nirvana violated federal child pornography statutes when it published the iconic "Nirvana Baby" as the cover of its "Nevermind" Album.
A group of 55 media organizations and advocates for press freedom have sent a letter urging the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol to withdraw a subpoena to a photojournalist's phone records.
Some artists are reporting major issues with OpenSea, one of the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces. They say the company has an overly arduous process to report stolen art and is too slow to act once a complaint is filed.
After a concerted effort by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA), Instagram has added a new option that will enable users to prevent others from embedding content they post to Instagram.
Photojournalist Amy Harris has attempted to block the United States House Committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol from gaining access to her phone records, saying the public release of the information could compromise her safety as well as her future work.
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has launched a new business, legal, education, and training platform for all creatives that covers almost every aspect of running a photography or visual content creation business.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a new bill that would make it mandatory for services that use algorithms to serve content to offer a version that allows users to turn that feature off.
The United States Copyright Office is set to make changes to how it handles small claims which, among other adjustments, cap monetary damages and require a fee to have a case heard. The Professional Photographers of America (PPA) argues this hurts photographers.