- Attorneys General Urge Facebook To Drop Plans For Children's Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 10, 2021
"Use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children, who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social media account," 44 attorne ...
- Everalbum Finalizes FTC Settlement, Will Delete Facial-Recognition Algorithms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 7, 2021
The settlement resolves allegations that Everalbum misled users about its use of controversial facial-recognition technology. ...
- Snapchat Must Face Lawsuit Over Fatal High-Speed Car Crash
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
A court rejected Snapchat's argument that Section 230 protects it from liability over a fatal accident involving a passenger using a 'speed filter.' ...
- Disabled Regularly Access Visual/Non-Visual Media, Utilize Assistive Tools To Compensate
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Friday, April 23, 2021
Persons with visual, hearing, speech and/or cognitive disabilities are active consumers of media, but they also have special needs, frequently utilize assistive tools to compensate, and often have a difficu ...
- Google Photos Receives An Update
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Google Photos has released its first update since December. But the new version includes only “bug fixes and performance improvements.” Google Assistant has also received an
update. ...
- Facebook Urged To Cancel Plans For Children's Version Of Instagram
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 15, 2021
"Facebook's long track record of exploiting young people and putting them at risk makes the company particularly unsuitable as the custodian of a photo sharing and social messaging site f ...
- Instagram For Kids Raises 'Serious Concerns,' Lawmakers Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 5, 2021
"Children are a uniquely vulnerable population online, and images of kids are highly sensitive data," Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal and Reps. Kathy Castor and Lori Trahan said Mond ...
- Email Senders Now Can Drag And Drop 2 Million Free Photos
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, March 25, 2021
Campaign Monitor is partnering with Unsplash to provide images for email marketing campaigns. ...
- Amazon And Microsoft Must Face Claims Over Biometric Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 18, 2021
Illinois residents may proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Amazon and Microsoft violated a state biometric privacy law by amassing a database of fingerprints, a federal judge has ruled. ...
- Hollywood.com Bans Use Of Paparazzi Photos Without Celebrity Permission
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 8, 2021
Site invokes #MeToo movement and concerns about paparazzi aggressiveness and "harassment" of celebrities. ...
- 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 ...
