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Aside from the rather odd argument about hardware, letting authorities decide whether someone's use of photography to record events counts as legitimate journal
by unishark 6y ago
Aside from the rather odd argument about hardware, letting authorities decide whether someone's use of photography to record events counts as legitimate journalism sounds rather unsettling.
Also photography can directly be considered a form of speech (e.g. artistic expression).
- jMyles 6y agoI don't think that the argument about hardware is "rather odd", I think it's the crux of the issue in Portland right now. Our police bureau is terrorizing our citizenry before our eyes. So we brought cameras. So they covered their badges. So we started working on facial recognition. So they banned it. If our eyes were sufficient to show the world what's happening and to document which cops are the most culpable, there'd be no hardware discussion at all.
- michaelmrose 6y agoI don't think anyone would consider the city or a mall running their security cameras data through facial recognition an artistic endeavor. I don't think anyone would consider someone taking a picture in public to run afoul of this law.
- unishark 6y ago> I don't think anyone would consider someone taking a picture in public to run afoul of this law. I guarantee you someone will. But my point was about the first amendment being applicable to the topic of photography, not about a state law. And art was an example, not a definition of speech.