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New AI forensic sketch app created to experts’ alarm

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Forensic experts have sounded the alarm bells after trying out an AI police forensic sketch application. Forensic Sketch AI-rtist was created recently by two developers using the Dall-E platform. By inputting a series of parameters and selecting different options from dropdown menus, the program will then generate a sketch of the person based on the description.

Just like Dalle-E, this software can generate very realistic photo-like images. However, experts have voiced considerable concern, citing problems with gender and race bias, and have called it “incredibly dangerous”.

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Drug dealer gets caught thanks to a photo of cheese he shared online

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If someone told me that a photo of cheese could send a person to jail, I wouldn’t believe it. And yet, it really happened. A drug dealer recently got busted and sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison after he posted a photo of cheese online. And I’m not using slang here, it was actual cheese.

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Man arrested after appearing in Instagram live video of a missing juvenile

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After Instagram led to the arrest of a Capitol rioter, here’s another case where this social network led to an arrest. A Nashville man, who was out on a bond on a statutory rape charge, was arrested after he was seen in a live video published by a runaway juvenile.

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Police forces photojournalists on the ground and takes their photos during protests in Minnesota

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For over a week, people in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota have been protesting after a white police officer shot a Black man dead. And what started as a peaceful protest turned into havoc on Friday. On the sixth night of the protest, police officers reportedly targeted photojournalists and other members of the press. They forced them to lie on the ground, photographed their faces and press credentials, and some of them were reportedly even detained.

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Video shows Beverly Hills Cops playing Beatles music to exploit copyright laws while being recorded

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Filming police officers in the course of their duties has started to become quite commonplace. Sometimes it’s morons trying to wind them up and bait them into doing something stupid, but often it’s simply people trying to record the other side of the story. After all most police around the world wear bodycams these days. So, why not?

Well, according to Vice, police in Beverly Hills have resorted to playing copyrighted music while they’re being filmed in order to trip social media copyright filters to get videos automatically taken down as soon as they’re uploaded. Licensing issues with the music also prevent these videos from getting any news media attention they might deserve, too.

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British photojournalist arrested for doing his job and covering a story

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Photojournalist Andy Aitchison (46) was recently arrested after photographing protests at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, UK. He was reportedly arrested on suspicion of criminal damage for taking photos. In other words – for doing his job. He believes it’s censorship, and some serious concerns have been raised about media freedom.

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Photographer charged and beaten by police for shooting a lockdown enforcement in South Africa

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On 15 May, police officers in Meqheleng, South Africa reportedly beat photographer Paul Nthoba. He was photographing them for a local newspaper while they were enforcing the coronavirus lockdown. However, they allegedly attacked him verbally at first, and later physically – multiple times.

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Flying a drone over Hart Island mass graves got a photographer cited and his drone seized

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The number of coronavirus-related deaths in New York City is alarming. Because of this, there have reportedly been more mass burials on Hart Island than ever. Photographer George Steinmetz was recently documenting a burial ditch on Hart Island with his drone, which put him in legal trouble. His drone was confiscated by the police and he was issued a Desk Appearance Ticket.

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ACLU sues Baltimore Police Department over their drone surveillance program

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On 1 April, Baltimore officials officially approved that this city’s police can use surveillance drones. Equipped with hi-res cameras, these drones would reportedly be used to spy on the citizens. As probably expected, this caused quite a stir. And now, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore police over the use of this invasive surveillance program.

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