Meta Sued Over Using People’s Photos for AI and Facial Recognition

There’s a new proposed class action lawsuit against Meta that alleges they harvested Facebook and Instagram photographs for biometric information that was used to train image generation models and develop an, as yet, unreleased facial recognition feature called Nametag for smart glasses. Meta says that the lawsuit has misrepresented the situation and notes that Nametag […]

Iran Sentences Photojournalist Yalda Moaiery to 15 Years in Prison

The Iranian regime has used the Iran National Journalist Day to sentence award-winning photojournalist Yalda Moaiery to fifteen years in prison. Moaiery. who has more than two decades of experience as a photojournalist covering conflict, humanitarian crises, political dissent and the lives of women in Iran, was sentenced in absentia by Branch 29 of Tehran’s […]

A Color Extravaganza, Emotional Palettes, and Moments Through a Dirty Windshield – The Weekly Community Roundup

It’s been another fantastic week for the Light Stalking photography community and we even got our new monthly challenge underway, which we will talk about below. We should start off with the photo of the week, which was an absolute cracker from Dianne (@tersha) has been posting a string of very stylized flowers that are […]