The brother of Jeff Bezos’ girlfriend sued the National Enquirer and its parent company Monday alleging the company’s dredging up of dirt on the world’s richest man – and its attempt to cover up the scheme – defamed him and damaged his family.
Read moreThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled against Guantanamo detainee Ammar al Baluchi – facing capital charges relating to the planning of the 9/11 attacks – who seeks evidence from an alleged CIA “black site” where he claims he was tortured. The government, which plans to decommission the site, has provided “digital and photographic” evidence of the site, and Baluchi has not shown that those representations are insufficient.
Read moreThe Department of Justice expressed support for a Kentucky photographer who claims that Louisville’s anti-discrimination law forces her to shoot same-sex weddings.
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Solidifying concerns raised by civil liberty groups, California’s state auditor said Thursday that law enforcement agencies have flouted privacy laws meant to ensure that information captured by automated license plate cameras isn’t abused and safeguarded from hackers.
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Europe and NASA’s Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on a mission to capture the first pictures of the sun’s elusive poles.
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Tourists, nature lovers and amateur scientists are whipping out their cameras to document the effects of extreme high tides on shorelines from the United States to New Zealand, and by doing so are helping better predict what rising sea levels will mean for coastal communities around the world.
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Britain’s Prince Harry on Thursday lost a complaint against tabloid newspaper the Mail on Sunday about a story criticizing wildlife photographs he posted on Instagram.
Read moreA federal class action claims IBM violated people’s privacy by scanning the faces of 1 million people through nonparty Flickr, without consent, then shared or sold them to third parties.
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Tiger burns in Australia’s bushfires? It’s a 2012 photo from Indonesia. Young girl rescues koala? Actually an artist’s impression. Social media is packed with powerful images of Australia’s bushfires — but many are fake.
Read moreA former teacher claims in federal court that the South Country Central School District in New York fired her illegally for sending a topless selfie photo to a male teacher with whom she was in a relationship, but did not discipline him.
Read moreA photographer claims Damon Dash, a co-founder of (nonparty) Roc-A-Fella Records, sexually assaulted her at his home during a photo shoot, in federal court.
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Asian Americans and black women are a few groups disproportionately likely to be get misidentified by facial-recognition software, a federal study published Thursday reports.
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele opened his speech to the U.N. General Assembly Thursday by taking a cellphone picture of himself grinning at the podium, and casting the photo as a portrait of a global gathering that has gotten out of touch.
Read moreTexas photojournalists are suing state officials for a ban on drone filming and photography in certain locations that they say violates the First Amendment and is chilling the speech of reporters and news outlets.
Read moreRock and roll photographer Neil Zlozower claims Gibson Brands (guitars) used his copyrighted photo of Eddie Van Halen without permission, in federal court.
Read moreA Philadelphia news anchor says a photograph of her has been used without her permission to promote online dating websites and erectile dysfunction products – and she’s suing Facebook, Reddit and several other online hosts for $10 million.
Read moreA federal magistrate judge granted summary judgment to courtroom observers arrested for disorderly conduct, since taking pictures of trial participants as they left the courtroom did not constitute probable cause for arrest.
Read moreScientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect.
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