Law

A suspect has been arrested three years after a well-known local photographer was killed after leaving his photo studio in Atlanta.

Australia is set to sue all major social media companies, accusing them of failing to enforce a national ban on users under 16 and allowing children to remain on their platforms.

A man has won his lawsuit against Google Earth for publishing aerial photos of his home, with a German court ruling that the tech giant has no right to share such images without his consent.

A school photographer had their camera bag stolen, along with memory cards that may contain images of the children -- raising concerns about a possible data breach.

Police arrested a 23-year-old Japanese man after a tree he cut down to get a better photo of a train landed on vital communication wires.

Actress Mia Goth -- who recently filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf -- has slammed Instagram after the platform let an AI-image of her wearing a t-shirt that read "MY EX IS MY BIGGEST FAN" to go viral.

A U.S. worker has sued her employer after the company fired her for refusing to take a photo of herself on a webcam every three minutes.

A sports photographer has beaten a YouTuber's defamation lawsuit over comments she allegedly made about "suggestive" videos of youth wrestlers.

Elon Musk's company xAI has successfully blocked Minnesota's landmark ban on AI nudification apps and websites that create explicit images of people, mostly women, without consent.

A wedding photographer has been ordered to pay $1.7 million after leaving hundreds of customers without the services they paid for.

The U.K. has opened an investigation into whether Meta breached safety laws with its Instagram's Instants feature, which shares disappearing photos.

In the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall was traveling in a car in the suburbs of Kyiv with videographer Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist and interpreter Oleksandra Kuvshynova, along with two Ukrainian soldiers, when their vehicle came under attack.

Norwegian soccer player Erling Haaland is suing an airline over a social media post that featured an edited image referencing his distinctive hairstyle during the 2026 World Cup.

The Australian government mistakenly called out a photograph of an apartment with a seemingly picturesque view of Bondi Beach as an example of an AI-doctored property ad -- only to discover the unusual image was real.

An influencer couple is facing legal action in Oman after posing for photographs while sitting on a sea turtle that was laying eggs during their vacation.

Police in Singapore have arrested and charged a man after he allegedly posted an AI-generated image of a saltwater crocodile swimming in a public water area.

A photographer has been awarded damages by the European Court of Human Rights after she was strip-searched by Greek police.

An Italian politician has sparked outrage after sharing an AI-manipulated image that appears to "undress" another female lawmaker -- months after Italy’s prime minister shared a deepfake nude image of herself to warn of the technology's dangers.

Major photo agencies and newspapers are temporarily withholding photographs of President Donald Trump’s events in solidarity with news organizations barred from the White House.

Police are hunting for two female suspects after $10,000 worth of professional camera gear was stolen from a high-end fashion event in the Hamptons.

Police across the U.K. are warning parents about the dangers of urban exploration photography as more children enter abandoned buildings in hopes of going viral on social media.

An archive of more than one million photos and videos found at the home of an erotic photographer, who passed away last year, has connected him to seven missing women -- five of whom police believe are dead.

A photographer in Texas says she is no longer sharing identifiable photos of children on social media or on her website after a federal judge ruled that the First Amendment protects an individual's right to possess AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Apple and Google will be legally required to block explicit and nude photos on children’s smartphones in the U.K. under what is believed to be the world’s first legislation of its kind.

A journalist's camera was stolen from under his feet at a pub in central London, but the police made a huge blunder that cost him his chance to find it.

A federal class-action lawsuit has been launched accusing Meta of harvesting millions of photographs from Facebook and Instagram to build "Name Tag", an unreleased facial recognition system for its smart glasses.

A former inmate has filed a lawsuit accusing correctional officers of digitally altering his prison photograph to make him appear wearing a stereotypical Native American headdress and clothing.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently proposed a law to ban the import and sale of some foreign-made drones with "military-grade" technology on "national security" grounds. During a public comment period, which ended last week, 3,824 comments were filed. 98.6% of the comments oppose the FCC's rule as written.

The Australian government plans to introduce another world-first social media law by allowing people the choice to opt out of content recommended by algorithms.

Police forces across the U.S. are concerned that Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record inside jails and police facilities and potentially aid acts of terrorism.

A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over drones photographing people’s homes without warrants has forced a California county to overhaul how it conducts aerial surveillance.

A photographer accused Getty Images of illegally licensing his photographs, only to learn that he never owned the copyrights to them.

A court has ordered a sports photography festival to reinstate an Associated Press photographer’s image of a soccer game in Gaza after organizers removed it following outside pressure.

The U.K. government has published a "misleading" booklet that suggested people "could be arrested" if they photograph people in public.

Meta has reached a nearly $17 billion settlement in an expansive, 29-state lawsuit concerning claims that Meta's Facebook and Instagram social media platforms were designed to get children addicted to using them and caused significant harm.

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri denied that the platform concealed information about the low use its teen safety feature "Take a Break" in a landmark child-safety trial that could have significant consequences for Meta.

A tourist has been sentenced to one year in jail over a video he filmed on Indonesia's "Day of Silence" while on vacation in Bali.

Elon Musk’s xAI is suing a prominent Arkansas photographer accused of using Grok to turn photographs of his minor clients into sexually explicit images -- arguing that he is responsible for the resulting material.

A film lab and camera store was burglarized overnight, with surveillance footage showing two people using garbage cans to smash their way into the store before filling them with stolen camera equipment.

The HoverAir Versa, which was announced in July, was advertised as the world's first "flying pocket camera." The first word in that description may have gotten the company caught up in a recent drone ban, as it appears to already be pulled for U.S. customers.

There's been a lot of attention given to the fact that DJI has yet to officially launch its Osmo Pocket 4 and Osmo Pocket 4P gimbal cameras in the United States. However, that isn't stopping Americans from getting them anyway.

A sports photographer has been arrested for allegedly scamming 130 families out of their money -- with police unable to locate any of the photos she took or even her camera gear after a year-long investigation.

The United States Second Circuit has held for the first time that the First Amendment of the Constitution protects a person's right to record law enforcement activity in public.

A U.S. Court of Appeals has partially reversed a lower court's ruling regarding DJI's label as a Chinese Military Company, sending it back to the lower court for further review.

An engineer is facing 10 years in prison for using an Insta360 X4 Air camera hidden in a bag of snacks to steal trade secrets and pass them on to his next employer.

Meta will head to court on Tuesday for a potentially landmark child-safety trial that could have enormous financial and operational consequences for the tech giant -- with four states seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties and sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram.

France must wait a bit longer to become the European Union's first member state to ban social media for children after its proposed law was struck down by France's constitutional council.

A wedding photographer’s lawsuit against police claiming that they falsely arrested her for stealing the maid of honor’s wallet -- in a case that she says damaged her professional reputation -- is moving forward.

A sports photographer had his Instagram account permanently disabled after Meta mistakenly claimed his content violated its rules against the “sexualization of children.”