European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Friday November 10, 2023
Spanish photographer Javier Aznar González de Rueda has won the top prize in the 2023 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his image “Maternal Care,” which shows a mother stink bug caring for her brood. “Maternal care significantly increases an offspring’s chances of survival. In Ecuador’s rainforest, juvenile stink bugs are vulnerable to attack by numerous predators and parasitoids,” notes the photographer. The European Wildlife Photographer of the Year is organized by the German Society for Nature Photography.
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The Tennessee Star Friday November 10, 2023
Virginia state officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit with a wedding photographer after he refused to photograph same-sex weddings, reports The Tennessee Star. The photographer, Bob Updegrove, filed a lawsuit against the state of Virginia over a law that took effect in September 2020 that expanded state anti-discrimination rules to include sexual orientation and gender identity. The settlement follows the Supreme Court decision in the 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis case, which determined that the U.S. government cannot compel a business owner’s speech.
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The Jerusalem Post Friday November 10, 2023
A controversy has erupted after the media watchdog HonestReporting published an investigative report this week stating that Gaza-based photojournalists working for leading news outlets— including AP and Reuters—were embedded with Hamas terrorists who carried out atrocities during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “The organization, which works to expose anti-Israel bias in the foreign press, raised weighty ethical questions,” noted The Jerusalem Post. AP said it had “no prior knowledge” of the attack.
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Reuters Friday November 10, 2023
Meta has introduced a new policy to grapple with A.I.’s effects on political advertising, notes The New York Times. The tech company says that starting next year, it will require political advertisers around the world to disclose the use of third-party A.I. software to synthetically depict people and events. Meta also said it would bar advertisers from using its own A.I.-assisted software to create political or social issue ads, as well as ads related to housing, employment, credit, health, pharmaceuticals or financial services. Reuters has more.
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