Associated Press Friday October 11, 2024
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok, saying that the short-form video app is designed to be addictive to children and teens and harms their mental health. The lawsuits stem from a national investigation into TikTok, which was launched in March 2022 by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from a number of states, including New York, California, Kentucky and New Jersey. All of the complaints were filed in state courts. At the heart of each lawsuit, notes AP, is the TikTok algorithm, which powers the app’s “For You” feed with content tailored to people’s interests.
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David Schonauer Friday October 11, 2024
As we noted recently, Eikoh Hosoe, one of Japan's most important post-war photographers, died on Sept. 16 at age 91. Hosoe, noted Art News, "blazed a new trail for his medium with his taboo-testing
pictures about invisible worlds"--photographs involving butoh dancers, naked flesh, mysterious landscapes, and more. His most celebrated series, "Barakei" ("Ordeal by Roses"), was born out of Hosoe's
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MSNBC Thursday October 10, 2024
“If you had told me 10 years ago that I would photograph Taylor Swift in concert not once, not twice, but over three different tours, and that I would be hosting a Taylor Swift-themed photography exhibit showcasing all those photos, I would have thought these statements were the stuff of fantastical dreams.” So writes Jasmeet Sidhu at MSNBC, where she explains how it all came about. Ten years ago, she writes, “I was an unemployed production assistant lost in the swamp of the Los Angeles entertainment industry, hoping for any bit of work to justify the life decisions I had made.”
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Fine Books & Collections Magazine Thursday October 10, 2024
What is believed to be the first American photograph of a romantically posed interracial couple will go to auction on October 26. The anonymous daguerreotype, taken around 1850-1855, depicts a white woman and an African American or mixed-race man in an amorous pose, notes Fine Books & Collections Magazine. The image is one of the highlights of the American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography sale at Freeman’s | Hindman’s Cincinnati salesroom and has an estimate of $30,000 - $50,000.
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