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.
Read moreClaiming that a Harvard scientist exploited her slave ancestors for racist research in the 19th century, a Connecticut woman sued the Ivy League institution for damages Wednesday.
Read moreWill Ray Donovan be able to fix this one? Photographer Sherwood Martinelli sued “Ray Donovan” star Liev Schreiber, claiming the actor hit him and broke his camera.
Read moreBesieged by criticism over blackface admissions, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam met quietly with top officials in his cabinet Monday morning as pressure mounts for the Democrat to resign.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Saturday that Google does not violate Illinois privacy laws by automatically creating a face template when Android users upload photos taken on their smartphone to the company’s cloud-based photo service.
Read moreThe United Arab Emirates has released photos of a daughter of Dubai’s ruler after friends and supporters say she was forcibly returned to Dubai after fleeing months earlier.
Read moreIt took just days for the brightly colored Mandarin duck that appeared suddenly in a Central Park pond to turn both New Yorkers and visitors into a new gaggle: the quackarazzi.
Read moreChallenging the ag-gag law that criminalizes anyone who shoots photos or video at animal-handling facilities without the owner’s permission, animal rights claim in a federal complaint that Kansas officials are violating the First Amendment.
Read moreOne of only two known photos of painter Vincent van Gogh turns out to most likely be an image of his brother, Theo, the Van Gogh Museum announced Thursday.
Read moreLu Guang’s photos exposed the everyday realities of people on the margins of Chinese society: coal miners, drug addicts, HIV patients.
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