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A bill aimed at regulating unauthorized AI deepfakes of a person’s likeness has been reintroduced in Congress, this time with support from Getty Images.

A photographer has been charged after he allegedly stole the camera gear of one of the victims of the deadly Bondi Beach shooting before pawning it for hundreds of dollars days after the terror attack.

A photographer sued a blogger for copyright infringement after the defendant allegedly used a photo without permission or license. The defendant then claimed that because they could have created the picture using AI, it should not be protected. Thankfully, a U.S. District Court dismissed this notion.

Disney is facing a class action lawsuit over the alleged use of facial recognition technology at its park entrances in California without proper disclosure to guests.

A federal law requiring online platforms to remove sexual deepfakes and other nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours has officially come into effect.

Shutterstock has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $35 million over allegations that the photo agency misled customers and illegally made millions of dollars from them.

The court schedule has been set for Nick Ut's defamation lawsuit in France against Netflix and the VII Foundation over claims made in The Stringer documentary.

A park district director faces a lawsuit after she authorized the landing of a helicopter in a public park for her daughter's prom photo shoot.

A wedding photographer has been ordered to hand over images after allegedly defrauding hundreds of couples out of an estimated $1 million in total in a case that has shaken North Carolina.

A man has been ordered to pay Kim Kardashian more than $167,000 in legal fees after he sued her for mistakenly posting his photo on Instagram and falsely identifying him as a Texas death row inmate.

A professional photographer -- who shot sports as well as weddings -- has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over multiple hidden camera offenses.

A Florida man was arrested after police said he was flying a drone while under the influence of alcohol.

U.K. schools have been advised to remove students' photos from their websites as blackmailers are using them to create sexually explicit images.

Singer Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung, claiming it used her own copyrighted photo on packaging for its televisions without permission.

An appeals court has revived Annie Leibovitz’s agency’s copyright lawsuit against an online magazine over its use of her photographs from the Star Wars movie set.

An actress has accused the director James Cameron of stealing her likeness from a photograph of her as a teenager to create an Avatar character in a new lawsuit.

A 22-year-old wedding photographer has been sued by the state of Ohio following numerous complaints from couples who paid for photos but never received them.

Five publishing houses and a best-selling novelist have filed a lawsuit alleging that Meta illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI language system Llama, and Mark Zuckerberg "personally authorized" the company's copyright infringement.

Two photographers are facing off in court over their images showing two miniature golfers playing on the surface of a papaya fruit.

Last year, the Federal Communications Commission added all foreign-made drones to what it calls the "Covered List," effectively banning drones produced outside of the US -- that includes DJI. DJI sued, of course, and now the FCC is hearing public appeals to its decision.

The US Copyright Office has proposed a substantial increase to the cost to register photos, citing rising costs and inflation. It argues the cost is still negligible, but critics say the Office is out of touch with reality.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has designated all FIFA World Cup stadiums and event spaces as strict “No Drone Zones” and says it will impose criminal fines of up to $100,000 for flying aerial devices near them.

Meta has threatened to shut down Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp in New Mexico amid a child safety court battle, as state prosecutors push for fundamental changes to the company’s social media platforms.

Meta was charged by European Union (EU) regulators with breaching landmark tech rules after failing to prevent children under 13 from accessing Instagram and Facebook.

Global superstar Taylor Swift has filed trademark applications for her image in what is believed to be an attempt to protect her likeness from AI deepfakes.

A convincing AI-generated image of a runaway wolf in South Korea led to the arrest of a man after it derailed the rescue team searching for the canine.

Meta has announced a new "Account" system that allows users to log in and manage their settings across Instagram, Facebook, Threads, AI smart glasses, and its other apps.

The Minnesota House has passed a landmark bill to ban AI nudification apps and websites that create explicit images of people, mostly women, without consent.

A U.K. watchdog has thrown a spanner into the proposed $3.7 billion merger between Getty Images and Shutterstock after it said the latter needed to sell its editorial business.

AI facial recognition company Clarifai says it has deleted the three million user photos dating app OKCupid shared with it without users' consent.

An Emmy-winning photojournalist has been arrested for allegedly hiding cameras in the dressing room of the Oklahoma City television station where he worked.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted its blanket and unconstitutional "invisible, moving" ban on drone flights near Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other government agencies -- a ban put in place to make it more difficult to cover the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

A recent survey of 1,458 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 found that most of them do not see social media platforms affecting their mental health.

A realtor has been ordered to pay a $3,600 fine after flying a drone into an active wildfire zone in British Columbia, where it distracted a helicopter pilot battling the blaze.

Apple and Google are helping users find apps that create deepfake nude images, according to a new investigation.

More than 70 advocacy organizations are calling on Meta to halt reported plans to introduce facial recognition technology into its Ray-Ban smart glasses, warning of serious risks to privacy and public safety.

Golf fans are calling for smart glasses to be banned at the Masters after it emerged that some patrons used the devices to record footage despite strict rules prohibiting cameras and electronic equipment.

A student photographer lost his right eye after he was allegedly struck by a projectile fired by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent while covering a “No Kings” protest in Los Angeles last month.

Dozens of brides have been waiting more than a year for their wedding footage after the FBI seized a popular videographer’s hard drives.

Oklahoma lawmakers are considering a bill that would let officials use aerial photos and satellite images to assess property taxes instead of visiting properties in person.

A former Meta employee is under criminal investigation after allegedly downloading around 30,000 private photographs from Facebook while working at the company.

Massachusetts lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that would ban children under 14 from using social media, in what could become one of the most stringent measures of its kind in the U.S.

Brian May, the lead guitarist of Queen, has revealed that a late photographer's family is suing the band "for vast amounts of money" over their iconic album cover image.

Minnesota lawmakers are reportedly close to outright banning AI nudification apps that create explicit images of people, mostly women, without consent.

A stock food photography company that sued a small grocery store for using an image of raw pork chops on Facebook won its case in court but was awarded just $200 in damages.

A camera rental business almost lost over $32,600 worth of film equipment after an Uber courier driver, who was meant to be delivering the gear, allegedly cancelled the job, and drove off with it.

Dating app OkCupid shared nearly three million user photos with a facial recognition company without informing users, according to a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

A photographer who captured a defining image of late Brazilian soccer star Pelé performing a mid-air bicycle kick has filed a copyright lawsuit against the lifestyle brand Pelé Soccer.