- News Anchor Seeks To Revive Claims Over Photo Against Facebook, Other Web Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Philadelphia news anchor Karen Hepp has asked a federal appellate court to revive claims that Facebook and other companies violated her right to control the commercial use of her ima ...
- Google Battles Illinois Residents Over 'Faceprint' Database
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 27, 2020
Google is pressing a federal judge to dismiss claims that the company violated an Illinois privacy law by acquiring a faceprint database from IBM, which itself reportedly obtained 100 milli ...
- California Proposition 22 On Ballot Will Determine The Future Of Freelance Ad Workers
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 23, 2020
The livelihood of those working at Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash, as well as independent contractors in search advertising and marketing, music and photography, and freelance writers seems unstable. And it ...
- 'Selfie' Doc Is Unsettling Journey Along America's Fault Lines
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Those who tune in hoping to see an analysis of American selfie culture will instead get a documentary about the state of the United States. ...
- Mystery Man John Wilson Comes Out Of Nowhere, Saves TV
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, October 21, 2020
A new show premiering Friday on HBO sweeps onto TV like a gust of fresh air. ...
- Stock Video Platform Storyblocks Pledges More Images Of Diverse Population
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Right now, Storyblocks says, only 5% of its content contains BIPOC images. ...
- Amazon And Microsoft Urge Judges To Throw Out Faceprint Lawsuits
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Amazon and Microsoft are asking federal judges in Washington to dismiss lawsuits accusing the companies of violating an Illinois biometric privacy law by acquiring a database of faceprints. ...
- Vermont Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against Clearview Over Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 14, 2020
A new court ruling allows Vermont's attorney general to proceed with claims that Clearview engaged in an "unfair" practice by allegedly using facial-recognition technology on photos of Vermont
residents. ...
- Google Displays Image Licensing Details In Search Results
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 31, 2020
Several new features aim to help creators follow image licensing guidelines for business or personal use such as those used on Facebook or in an ad. ...
- Microsoft, Shutterstock Deal Gives Brands Images For Ads
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Microsoft advertisers in the United States and the United Kingdom now have free access to more than 320 million Shutterstock images in the workflow for Microsoft Audience Ads. ...
- Instacart Accuses Uber's Cornership Of 'Stealing' Photos And Listings
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Grocery delivery service Instacart on Thursday took aim at Uber's Cornershop, accusing the company of unlawfully scraping listings and photos from Instacart's website. ...
- Judge Reinstates Photographer's Copyright Claim Against Mashable
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Reversing herself, a federal judge in New York reinstated a photographer's claims that Mashable infringed her copyright by embedding a photo from her public Instagram account. ...
- Google Fights Privacy Suit Over Facial-Recognition Technology
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Google plans to fight a potential class-action lawsuit over faceprints by arguing that the Illinois biometric privacy law doesn't apply to data derived from photos -- even though other judg ...
- Fox News Site Removes Digitally Altered Protest Photos After Newspaper's Inquiry
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 15, 2020
An image of a masked man with an assault weapon was added to two photos in the site's coverage of Seattle's largely peaceful "autonomous zone" protests, and a photo ...
- Facebook, Reddit And Imgur Prevail In Battle With News Anchor
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 8, 2020
A federal judge has thrown out Philadelphia news anchor Karen Hepp's lawsuit over the unauthorized display of her photo on Facebook, Reddit and Imgur. ...
- Judge Won't Send Biometric Privacy Case Against Vimeo To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The company's arbitration agreement excludes claims relating to invasion of privacy, a federal judge found. ...
- Pinterest Says Search With Your Camera
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
A shop tab on the Lens results will change the way Pinterest users shop, bringing up shoppable product Pins in stock from merchants. There's strength in images. ...
- 'Vanity Fair' Shoots June Cover Via Zoom
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Collier Schorr photographed Monae for the June issue of the entertainment magazine. An image of Schorr taking the photo is also superimposed on the cover of 'Vanity Fair.' ...
- Facebook Users In Illinois Could Receive $300 In 'Faceprint' Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 11, 2020
Lawyers for Illinois residents are asking a federal judge to grant preliminary approval to Facebook's $550 million settlement of a biometric privacy lawsuit. ...
- Clearview Won't Use Facial Recognition Technology On Photos Connected To Illinois
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 8, 2020
Controversial company Clearview AI says it no longer uses facial-recognition technology on photos that appear to be associated with Illinois, and is prohibiting clients from searching photos associated with t ...
- Clearview Questioned Over COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 1, 2020
"Technology has an important role to play in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, but this health crisis cannot justify using unreliable surveillance tools that could undermine our privacy rights," Senator ...
- Photographer Seeks To Revive Copyright Battle With Mashable
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Mashable may have violated Instagram's policies -- and therefore lost its right to embed a photo from the service -- photographer Stephanie Sinclair argues in a new filing with U. ...
- Something To Smile About: Nikon Extends Free Online Courses Through May
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Friday, April 24, 2020
Some are held as live events on Instagram, with Nikon's so-called "ambassadors" offering live, personal advice. ...
- Mashable Prevails In Battle Over Instagram Photo
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Handing Mashable a victory, a federal judge in New York has dismissed a photojournalist's lawsuit accusing the website of infringing copyright by embedding a photo from her public Instagram acco ...
- Beardbrand Finds Winning Formula With YouTube Soft Sell
The MediaPost Cases, Nina Lentini - Friday, March 20, 2020
With so many options, do consumers still fall in love with their brands? Is there loyalty or are people just looking for the next best deal? Beardbrand founder, Eric Bandholz' ...
- Facebook To Launch Photo Transfer Tool In The UK
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 13, 2020
"The Telegraph" is reporting on how it believes it is only considerable regulator pressure that has forced Facebook to launch a tool that allows users to export all their phot ...
- Vermont Sues 'Immoral' Clearview Over Facial Recognition Database
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
"The state urges that the people of Vermont immediately be set free from Clearview's dystopian surveillance database," Attorney Gen. Thomas Donovan writes in a new lawsuit against the company. ...
- Sen. Markey Blasts Clearview, Renews Demand For Information
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
"I am concerned that Clearview might be collecting and processing images of children in violation of federal law," Sen. Ed Markey says in a new letter to Clearview CEO Ho ...
- Dove Builds Largest Stock Photo Library Created By Women
MediaPost Connect, Nina Lentini - Monday, February 24, 2020
The collection features 5,000+ photographs of women from 39 countries 100% created and photographed by women. For the first time, every woman photographed personally defined her own search tags. ...
- Dove Stays True to Brand with Photo Library Created By Women
The MediaPost Cases, Nina Lentini - Monday, February 24, 2020
Having a quality product isn't always enough. Today's consumers are holding brands to a higher standard, and it's not enough to support a cause and then be done. Consumers a ...
