Tsmc, Tokyo Electron e la competizione tra “amici”
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Un ex dipendente di Tokyo Electron è sospettato di aver sottratto segreti industriali a Tsmc, la più importante azienda manifatturiera di microchip al mondo. Il caso ci ricorda che la proprietà intellettuale è centrale nella competizione
Whispers From The Void, Transcribed With AI
‘Hearing voices’ doesn’t have to be worrisome, for instance when software-defined radio (SDR) happens to be your hobby. It can take quite some of your time and attention to pull voices from the ether and decode them. Therefore, [theckid] came up with a nifty solution: RadioTranscriptor. It’s a homebrew Python script that captures SDR audio and transcribes it using OpenAI’s Whisper model, running on your GPU if available. It’s lean and geeky, and helps you hear ‘the voice in the noise’ without actively listening to it yourself.
This tool goes beyond the basic listening and recording. RadioTranscriptor combines SDR, voice activity detection (VAD), and deep learning. It resamples 48kHz audio to 16kHz in real time. It keeps a rolling buffer, and only transcribes actual voice detected from the air. It continuously writes to a daily log, so you can comb through yesterday’s signal hauntings while new findings are being logged. It offers GPU support with CUDA, with fallback to CPU.
It sure has its quirks, too: ghost logs, duplicate words – but it’s dead useful and hackable to your liking. Want to change the model, tweak the threshold, add speaker detection: the code is here to fork and extend. And why not go the extra mile, and turn it into art?
Tearing Down A Mysteriously Cheap $5 Fiber Optic To Cable TV Adapter
In his regular browsing on AliExpress, [Ben Jeffrey] came across something he didn’t understand—a $5 fiber optic to RF cable TV adapter. It was excessively cheap, and even more mysteriously, this thing didn’t even need power. He had to know how it worked, so he bought one and got down to tinkering with it.Inside the device in question.
[Ben] needed some hardware to test the device with, so he spent $77 on a RF-to-fiber converter and a cheap composite-to-RF modulator so he could test the $5 fiber-to-RF part. A grand expenditure to explore a $5 device, but a necessary sacrifice for the investigation. Once [Ben] hooked up a fiber optic signal to the converter, he was amazed to see it doing its job properly. It was converting the incoming video stream to RF, and it could readily be tuned in on a TV, where the video appeared clean and true.
It was disassembly that showed how simple these devices really are. Because they’re one-way converters, they simply need to convert a changing light signal into an RF signal. Inside the adapter is a photodiode which picks up the incoming light, and with the aid of a few passives, the current it generates from that light becomes the RF signal fed into the TV. There’s no need for a separate power source—the photodiode effectively works like a solar panel, getting the power from the incoming light itself. The part is ultimately cheap for one reason—there just isn’t that much to it!
It’s a neat look at something you might suspect is complex, but is actually very simple. We’ve explored other weird TV tech before, too, like the way Rediffusion used telephone lines to deliver video content. Video after the break.
Paramount’s $36 million babysitter
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It’s the 136th day that Rümeysa Öztürk is facing deportation by the United States government for writing an op-ed it didn’t like, and the 55th day that Mario Guevara has been imprisoned for covering a protest. Read on for more, and click here to subscribe to our other newsletters.
Paramount’s $36 million babysitter
Paramount and Skydance Media finally completed their merger this week. To get there, Paramount paid $16 million to settle President Donald Trump’s absurdly frivolous lawsuit against CBS News, while Skydance reportedly will chip in $20 million in Trump-friendly PSAs.
So now Trump will leave them alone, right? Of course not. Skydance also committed to Federal Communications Commission chair and Trump bootlicker Brendan Carr to appoint a “bias ombudsman.” Skydance CEO David Ellison assured skeptics that the position will be a “transparency vehicle, not an oversight vehicle.” He promised that “we’re not being overseen by the FCC or anyone else.”
Carr sees it differently. He told The Washington Post’s Jeremy Barr that the FCC is in a “trust but verify posture,” noting that “when you make a filing at the FCC, we have rules and regulations that deal with false representations to the agency.” He added, “I’m confident that we’re going to stay in touch with [Skydance and Paramount] and track this issue.”
It sure sounds like Carr’s leaving the door wide open to threaten regulatory action whenever CBS broadcasts something he doesn’t like. Carr — who intends to monitor bias while wearing the president’s bust as a lapel pin — is the poster child for why the Constitution bars the government from meddling in newsrooms’ editorial decisions. Carr has also said he’s keeping his FCC’s nonsense investigation into CBS open, giving him another cudgel to wield if journalists forget who’s boss. There’s $36 million well spent.
Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Advocacy Director Seth Stern talked more about Carr’s censorial antics and our attorney disciplinary complaint against him on Legal AF’s “Court of History” podcast on the MeidasTouch network. Watch it here.
FPF’s barrage of FOIAs seeks to combat secrecy
Since our Freedom of Information Act request exposed the lies underpinning the Trump administration’s crackdown on leaks to journalists, FPF has filed over 100 more FOIAs to learn how the administration is targeting journalists and stifling dissent.
We put together a list of our top 10 most urgent FOIA requests. Read more here.
How federal law enables retaliation against incarcerated journalists
These days the president of the United States files frivolous lawsuits at an alarming clip, including against news outlets that displease him. He’s far from the only prominent public figure abusing the federal court system in this way.
And yet, Congress has not seen fit to pass a federal “anti-SLAPP” law to stop powerful billionaires and politicians from pursuing strategic lawsuits against public participation. But powerless prisoners? That’s another story. If they want access to the federal courts, they need to navigate the Prison Litigation Reform Act — a maze of onerous procedural requirements.
We hosted a webinar with incarcerated journalist Jeremy Busby and two attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, Nina Patel and Corene Kendrick, to hear more about how the law silences journalism. Read and watch here.
Don’t let the leading voice for digital journalists be silenced
For decades, the National Press Photographers Association has protected the rights of news photographers and videographers. But recently, NPPA announced that it faces financial difficulties. We spoke to NPPA’s longtime General Counsel, Mickey Osterreicher, about NPPA’s work and the impact on the First Amendment if it shutters. You can support the NPPA’s programs here.
Privacy policy update
We’ve updated FPF’s privacy policy to include a new payment processor and our use of Fight for the Future’s activism APIs. See the updated policy for details.
What We're Reading
The price of approval: How Paramount sold out the First Amendment for a merger
Protect the Protest
FPF’s Stern spoke to Protect the Protest — a coalition of nonprofit organizations fighting back against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, of which we are a proud member — about what the Paramount merger means for press freedom.
Ohio reporter’s notebook searched by Secret Service at Vance fundraiser
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
This is an obvious violation of reporters’ rights. Secret Service members should have basic First Amendment training, especially if they are going to be dispatched in the field.
New York Times responds to Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawsuit threat: “An increasingly common playbook”
Deadline
The government that has killed more journalists than all other countries combined over the last few years shouldn’t be lecturing a newspaper about anything — let alone an obviously true story.
US appeals court upholds SEC ‘gag rule’ over free speech objections
Reuters
An unfortunate decision, but this might be one of the rare instances when this Supreme Court accidentally does some good. We wrote last year about how this rule impacts the press.
Home Depot and Lowe's share data from hundreds of AI cameras with cops
404 Media
First, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a public records request that uncovered how Home Depot and Lowe’s are cooperating with cops. Then, 404 Media made the story free thanks to their commitment to dropping paywalls for public records-based reporting.
Govt. website ‘glitch’ removes Trump’s least favorite part of Constitution
Rolling Stone
We’re skeptical of the government’s excuses for deleting habeas corpus from an online copy of the Constitution. Let us guess, the next “glitch” makes the First Amendment disappear?
Law strikes back: Lawyers doing Trump’s bidding targeted where integrity still matters
MSNBC
Rachel Maddow discussed our disciplinary complaint against Carr as an example of using the legal profession’s standards “as a way to stand up and push back against” attacks on the press.
Clock of Clocks Expands, Goes Digital
Some people just want to have their cake and eat it too, but very few of us ever get to pull it off. [Erich Styger] has, though with V5 of his “MetaMetaClock”— a clock made of clocks, that uses the orientation of the hands to create digits.
We’ve seen previous versions of this clock. As before, the build is exquisitely detailed and all relevant files are on GitHub. This version keeps the acrylic light-pipe hands of version 4, but adds more of them: 60 clocks vs 24. Larger PCBs are used, grouping the dual-shaft steppers into groups of four, instead of the individual PCBs used before. Each PCB has an NXP LPC845 (a Cortex M0 microcontroller) that communicates on an RS-485 bus. Placing four steppers per microcontroller reduces parts count somewhat compared to previous versions (which had each ‘clock’ on its own modular PCB) albeit at the cost of some flexibility.
While the last version used veneers on its face, this version is cut by CNC by from a large slab of oak. It’s certainly the most attractive version yet, and while bigger isn’t always better, more clock faces means more potential effects. Date? Time? Block letters? Arbitrary text? Kaleidoscopic colours from the RGB LEDs? It’s all there, and since it’s open source, anyone who builds one can add more options. A BLE interface makes it quick and easy to wirelessly switch between them or set the time.
It’s nice sometimes to watch projects like this improve incrementally over time. [Erich] mentions that he plans to add Wifi and a web-based user interface for the next version. We look forward to it, and are grateful to [jicasi] for the tip. Just as it is always clock time at Hackaday, so you can always toss a tip of your own into the box.
Eventually [Erich] will have enough clocks for Bad Apple, but this version can do short text strings among many other effects. Check his blog for more demo videos.
Ministero dell'Istruzione
Il Ministro Giuseppe Valditara ha firmato un decreto che autorizza ulteriori 164 interventi, per un investimento complessivo di quasi 104 milioni, destinati alla costruzione di nuovi #asili o alla riconversione di edifici non già destinati ad asili i…Telegram
2025 One Hertz Challenge: The Real-Time Clock The VIC-20 Never Had
Like many early microcomputers, the Commodore VIC-20 did not come with an interna real-time clock built into the system. [David Hunter] has seen fit to rectify that with an add-on module as his entry to the 2025 One Hertz Challenge.
[David]’s project was inspired by a product that Hayes produced in the 1980s, which provided a serial-port based real-time clock solution for computers that lacked one on board. The heart of the project is an Arduino Uno, which itself uses a Dallas DS3231 RTC module to keep accurate time. [David] then drew from an IEC driver developed by [Lars Pontoppidan] for the MM2IEC project. This enables the Arduino to report the time to the VIC-20 via its IEC port.
The project is a neat way to provide a real-time clock source to programs written in Commodore BASIC. It’s also perfectly compatible with the IEC bus, so it can be daisy chained along with printers and disk drives without issue. [David] hasn’t tested it with a Commodore 64, but he suspects it should work just as well on that platform, too.
If you’ve ever wanted to build something clock-based for the VIC-20 but didn’t know how, this is a great piece of hardware to solve that problem. Meanwhile, you might find joy in reading about real-time clock hacks for other systems like the Raspberry Pi. Meanwhile, if you’re working on your own nifty timekeeping projects, don’t hesitate to let us know!
tastiera virtuale per ipovedenti
ora avrei bisogno di aiuto..
Mio fratellino (storia lunghissima che racconterò, forse, un'altra volta) è ipovedente.
Purtroppo essendo nato sordo, non parla nemmeno. Grazie agli impianti cocleari sente e capisce quasi tutto, ma non emette suoni.
Grazie alla tecnologia, però, sta imparando a comunicare. Sa leggere e scrivere al computer, anche se solo su nostro input, mai in modo spontaneo.
Usa una tastiera fisica per ipovedenti, con tasti grandi e ad alto contrasto, e la gestisce discretamente bene.
Recentemente ci siamo dotati di una lavagna interattiva per supportare il suo percorso educativo e di sviluppo.
Ho collegato la tastiera alla lavagna, ma non vuole usarla: preferisce stare in piedi e utilizzare quella virtuale direttamente sullo schermo della smart board (o forse semplicemente associa la tastiera fisica al computer... poco importa!).
Problema: la tastiera virtuale dobbiamo ri-attivarla spesso, inserire il CAPS LOCK (sa leggere e scrivere solo in maiuscolo) e con certe app non funziona..
Ecco perché avrei bisogno di una tastiera virtuale — che rimanga sempre visibile, o almeno di facile attivazione, sullo schermo della smart board — ad alto contrasto e con lettere maiuscole. La lavagna è basata su android.
Grazie se qualcuno può aiutarmi
#tastiera #ipovedenti #LavagnaInterattiva #smartboard #AltoContrasto #android #supporto #sordociechi
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This week, we discuss Wikipedia's ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of cops' glasses.
This week, we discuss Wikipediax27;s ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of copsx27; glasses.#BehindTheBlog
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 332: 5 Axes are Better than 3, Hacking Your Behavior, and the Man Who Made Models
Elliot and Dan got together this week for a review of the week’s hacking literature, and there was plenty to discuss. We addressed several burning questions, such as why digital microscopes are so terrible, why computer systems seem to have so much trouble with names, and if a thermal receipt printer can cure ADHD.
We looked at a really slick 5-axis printer that COVID created, a temperature-controlled fermentation setup, and a pseudo-Mellotron powered by a very odd tape recorder. We also learned little about designing 3D printed parts with tight tolerances, stepping a PC power supply up to ludicrous level, and explored a trio of unique entries for the One Hertz Challenge.
And for the Can’t Miss section, we looked at what happens to planes when they get hit by lightning (and how they avoid it), and say goodbye to the man who launched a lot of careers by making model kits.
It was also exciting to learn that the first day of Supercon is Halloween, which means a Friday night sci-fi cosplay party. It’s gonna be lit.
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Episode 327 Show Notes:
News:
What’s that Sound?
- Boom, nailed it
- Congrats to [Dan Maloney] who came up with the right answer at the last second, and of course also to [Wes G]!
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Open Source 5-Axis Printer Has Its Own Slicer
- Why Names Break Systems
- Why Cheap Digital Microscopes Are Pretty Terrible
- A DIY Fermenter For Flavorful Brews
- The Tape Speed Keyboard
- Can A Thermal Printer Cure ADHD?
Quick Hacks:
- Elliot’s Picks
- Sparks Fly: Building A 330 KV Supply From A PC PSU
- A Speed Loader For Your 3D Printer Filament
- How To Design 3D-Printed Parts With Tolerance In Mind
- Fire Alarm Disco Party
- Dan’s Picks:
- 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Blinking An LED The Very Old Fashioned Way
- 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Shoulda Put A Ring Oscillator On It
- 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Op-Amp Madness
Can’t-Miss Articles:
- Farewell Shunsaku Tamiya: The Man Who Gave Us The Best Things To Build
- What Happens When Lightning Strikes A Plane?
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Più o meno una volta al mese, torno a scrivere qualcosa 😁
Le cose stanno iniziando ad andare meglio (non lavorativamente), anche se il mio tempo libero è sempre pochissimo.
Comunque domenica mattina partiamo in vacanza e non vedo l'ora. Abbiamo proprio bisogno di ricaricarci un po'. Andremo in Slovenia 😀
Io, molto a rilento, sto cercando di togliere google e tanto altro schifo dalla mia vita. E questo mi fa sentire bene.
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Sergio Zavoli e il senso della RAI
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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Cinque anni senza Sergio Zavoli (scomparso a 96 anni il 4 agosto 2020) e la sua idea dell’informazione, intesa, come ha ricordato di recente Vincenzo Vita, come una forma d’arte. Giornalista, scrittore, poeta, inventore di format televisivi straordinari come il
Media freedom act, Articolo21 presenta un esposto contro le violazioni già in atto
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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Ci fa piacere registrare che qualcuno abbia finalmente dati dell’esistenza del Media freedom act (Emfa). Non è vero, tuttavia,
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi's office said this was “a formal investigation into Flock Group Inc. over its role in enabling invasive surveillance practices that threaten the privacy, safety, and civil liberties of women, immigrants, and other vulnerable Americans.”#Impact
Monitor Dell U2312HM - Questo è un post automatico da FediMercatino.it
Prezzo: 50 €
Vendo monitor 23" Dell U2312HM, condizioni estetiche perfette, neanche un graffietto. Pixel perfetti, non c'è n'è uno bruciato o spento. Il connettore VGA balla leggermente: se spostate il pc tutti giorni da un po' fastidio, se lo tenete fisso, non ci sono problemi.
Sono inclusi il cavo di alimentazione e quello VGA/HDMI.
Zona di consegna Milano/Pavia. Visto il prezzo e le dimensioni, non credo convenga la spedizione.
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Gli Usa accelerano sulla difesa laser contro missili e droni. Ecco le ultime novità
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo
Negli ultimi anni l’Esercito statunitense ha accelerato lo sviluppo delle armi a energia diretta, e sulla base dei risultati ottenuti ne sta valutando un impiego più ampio anche nel contesto della difesa antimissile. “Le tecnologie per i laser a energia
Più di 16mila persone hanno contattato il Numero Bianco nell’ultimo anno
Si è registrato un aumento del 14% delle richieste arrivate alla nostra infoline: da Liguria e Lazio il maggior numero di chiamate in proporzione al numero degli abitanti
580 le richieste di aiuto alla morte volontaria
Negli ultimi 12 mesi sono arrivate 16.035 richieste di informazioni sul fine vita tramite il Numero Bianco(06 9931 3409), coordinato da Valeria Imbrogno, compagna di Dj Fabo, e attraverso le email dirette all’Associazione Luca Coscioni. Una media di 44 richieste al giorno, in crescita del 14 per cento rispetto all’anno precedente.
Si tratta di un servizio attivo tutti i giorni per ascoltare, orientare e informare sulle possibilità offerte oggi dall’ordinamento italiano in materia di fine vita, su temi come eutanasia e suicidio medicalmente assistito, testamento biologico, interruzione delle terapie e sedazione palliativa profonda. In assenza di risposte istituzionali adeguate, il servizio aiuta a costruire percorsi legali e umani verso la libertà di scelta sul fine vita.
Nel dettaglio, le richieste hanno riguardato soprattutto eutanasia e suicidio medicalmente assistito (circa 5 al giorno), ma anche interruzione delle terapie e sedazione palliativa profonda (più di una al giorno). Sono inoltre aumentate le domande pratiche per accedere alla morte volontaria medicalmente assistita in Svizzera o attraverso percorsi legali in Italia, arrivate da 580 persone (51 per cento donne, 49 per cento uomini), contro le 533 dell’anno precedente.
Sulla base delle informazioni disponibili sulla provenienza geografica di chi ha contattato il servizio, quando fornite, è stata elaborata una proiezione regionale ponderata per popolazione, che restituisce una fotografia della richiesta di aiuto a morire in Italia.
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La classifica delle regioni con il maggior numero di richieste rapportate a 100.000 abitanti vede al primo posto la Liguria con 48 ogni 100.000 abitanti, seguita dal Lazio con 43 richieste. Al terzo posto si posiziona la Toscana con 35, affiancata dal Friuli Venezia Giulia. Seguono Umbria, Emilia-Romagna e Lombardia con 33 richieste. Poi Piemonte con 28, il Veneto e le Marche con 26.
L'articolo Più di 16mila persone hanno contattato il Numero Bianco nell’ultimo anno proviene da Associazione Luca Coscioni.
NetanyONU
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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Netanyahu gioca a fare l’ONU. Con una sua personale risoluzione ha deciso di occupare Gaza con l’esercito in modalità caschi blu e poi consegnarla ad una lega araba in versione peace-keeping. Il tutto chiedendo ai gazawi di auto-deportarsi nel sud della Striscia, incurante di creare un campo di concentramento con una densità altissima, pur di
Oggi entra in vigore l’European Media Freedom Act. L’Italia è già inadempiente
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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Oggi, 8 agosto 2025, segna una data storica per la libertà di stampa in Europa: entra ufficialmente in vigore l’European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), il regolamento che rafforza le garanzie di indipendenza e pluralismo
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Microsoft 365: EU-Kommission stellt Schutz sensibler Behördendaten auf dünnes Eis
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Arrivano a Settembre nel nostro paese The Boys con Marc Valentine per una serie di cinque concerti che si preannunciano molto interessanti. The Boys sono una delle leggende del Punk Uk. Nati dalla fuoriuscita di Matt Dagerfield dai London SS che unì le forze con Casino Steel, cui si affiancarono Honest John
Perché Trump strapazza Intel per le cinesate del Ceo
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Trump ha chiesto le dimissioni immediate dell'amministratore delegato di Intel, Lip-Bu Tan, accusato di conflitto di interessi con la Cina: in effetti l'imprenditore ha investito in molte aziende cinesi e Cadence Design (l'azienda che ha
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Gesichtserkennung und Datenanalyse: Zivilgesellschaft stellt sich gegen „Sicherheitspaket“
The leading voice for visual journalists may be silenced. You can help.
For decades, one organization has dedicated itself to protecting the rights of news photographers and videographers. The National Press Photographers Association has led countless First Amendment battles to protect visual journalists’ right to document and the public’s right to see and hear the news.
The organization’s general counsel, Mickey Osterreicher, is often at the forefront of those fights. He and NPPA have protected the First Amendment right to record in public, limited senseless government regulations restricting photography and recording, and even won a groundbreaking settlement with the New York Police Department over its treatment of journalists at protests.
But recently, NPPA announced that it faces financial difficulties. Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) spoke to Osterreicher about NPPA’s work and the impact on the First Amendment if it shutters. You can read our full conversation below, and you can donate to NPPA’s programs here.
You’ve been NPPA’s general counsel since 2005, and you’ve also been a news photographer. How have the legal issues facing visual journalists changed over the years, and what are the most pressing issues they face today?
Both from a practical and legal standpoint, being a journalist was a lot simpler when I was a photojournalist. One of the biggest challenges I now face is trying to answer the question from police and lawmakers, “Who is a journalist?” and, during a protest, “Who gets to stay after an order to disperse?”
But once those press access rights have been attained, what good is it if visual journalists cannot make a decent living after risking their health and safety because their images are being misappropriated without permission, credit, or compensation? So it is a combination of dealing with First Amendment and copyright issues that keeps me up most nights.
That is to say nothing of the exponential use of generative artificial intelligence that has economically impacted the market for news photography as well as creating ethical challenges for visual journalists and public perception.
Tell us more about how the rise of AI-generated images and deepfakes is affecting the work and rights of visual journalists.
For visual journalism, generative artificial intelligence is the worst of both worlds, where millions of images (still and video) are ingested to train AI models without payment to the creators and the public can no longer believe what they see without wondering if what they are viewing is a true depiction of what really happened or an artificially created image. Even worse, this technology now provides an additional layer of ambiguity to those who claim that actual images of real events are “fake news.”
You’ve trained many law enforcement officers about journalists’ First Amendment rights, especially when they’re covering political conventions and protests. What are the most important things for police officers to know about press freedom, and how is NPPA uniquely positioned to provide that training?
I have three goals when training police and journalists about press freedoms. One: that police are not sued for abridging First Amendment rights of citizens and journalists, costing taxpayers dearly with money that could be better spent for police recruitment and retention or equipment. Two: that journalists are able to do their jobs without being harassed, injured, or arrested. Three: that the public is informed, which is the basis for the First Amendment — that being the desire by the founding fathers for the right of the public to receive information, and be an informed electorate.
As “the voice of visual journalists” since 1946, NPPA is uniquely positioned to foster improved police-press-public relations in an era when it is most needed by instilling greater respect for the roles each plays in our democracy. We’ve provided these trainings to law enforcement agencies nationwide for almost 20 years, with scores of departments and hundreds of officers being trained, including the entire Minnesota State Patrol as part of the settlement terms of a federal civil rights lawsuit, as well as the start of training with the NYPD regarding the new policies and procedures implemented as a result of the settlement of our lawsuit.
“Should our voice be muted, its silence will be deafening.“
Mickey Osterreicher
What I believe also adds to NPPA’s credibility is my background as a photojournalist with over forty years’ experience in print and broadcast, my experience as a First Amendment attorney, and my understanding of the challenges facing law enforcement from having been a uniformed reserve deputy sheriff with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office since 1976 and working closely with law enforcement through various associations and committees.
That experience working with police departments — which not many press freedom organizations have — has also allowed you to get involved in many other issues that are important to all journalists, not just visual ones. Tell us about your work on police radio encryption and other ways you’re able to leverage the work you’ve done training police departments.
The encryption of police radio transmissions is a growing problem nationwide, because for almost a century, newsrooms and journalists have relied on the monitoring of those broadcasts to cover breaking news and other matters of public concern.
One place where such coverage is critical is New York City, where so many newsworthy events occur and where, because of the congested vehicle traffic, time is of the essence in getting to the scene. A few years ago, the NYPD announced that it would begin encrypting its transmissions. NPPA joined a consortium of news organizations asking to work with NYPD to allow journalists to continue to have real-time access to those broadcasts. Despite meeting with police officials, testifying before the city council and submitting a white paper on the subject, the NYPD has refused to discuss this issue further, and many of the important police frequencies have already been encrypted.
The consortium then supported a state bill that would allow for press access. That bill passed both houses and is awaiting the governor’s signature. NPPA has also worked with press groups around the country to address this issue.
Another problem we helped to solve was an exemption for journalists to a New York law that banned anyone in the state (except for certain “eligible professions”) from the “purchase, taking possession of, sale, exchange, giving or disposing of body armor.”
Additionally, NPPA was instrumental in opposing an Arizona bill that barred anyone recording police from getting closer than 15 feet to an officer without their permission. I drafted several letters to the legislature joined by 30 press organizations cautioning against the unconstitutionality of the proposed law, which was ultimately passed after the measure was amended to an 8-foot distance. I then worked with the American Civil Liberties Union and Arizona Broadcasters Association to obtain a permanent injunction prohibiting enforcement of the law. NPPA has also filed amicus briefs in two other constitutional challenges to similar laws in Indiana and Louisiana.
When the White House restricted the Associated Press’s access over its use of the term ‘Gulf of Mexico’ (a move that NPPA and FPF condemned), it raised concerns about the chilling effects of such retaliation on journalists. If presidents can exclude outlets or photographers from the press pool for editorial decisions, what does that mean for press freedom and the role of visual journalists?
As NPPA stated, such actions by the administration are unacceptable as both an attempt at prior restraint and a blatant retaliation and chilling abridgment of the First Amendment rights of the AP and its journalists.
Unfortunately, we have seen both the federal district court as well as the circuit court hearing the appeal in this case give wide latitude and discretion to the White House as to who it admits to cover certain events. Additional fallout from this has been the White House Correspondents Association losing its long-standing control over the press pool rotation as well as other “disfavored” media outlets being barred from inclusion in the pool.
All these actions taken by the administration are having a chilling effect on press coverage of the government and are eviscerating press freedom. The NPPA continues to work with news and press freedom organizations to advocate and support the right of the public to be informed.
Over the years, NPPA has had to oppose a number of laws that prohibit or limit taking pictures in public places as well as using drones to capture aerial footage. What should journalists do if they’re stopped and told they can’t take pictures or record in public?
Our staunch advocacy has led to the right to photograph and record in traditional public forums being “clearly established” in three-quarters of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, which is key to successfully bringing civil rights claims against those who try to limit or interfere with those rights.
While NPPA was initially successful in challenging Texas drone regulations, that decision was reversed on appeal. But we have been effective in ensuring that language protecting the First Amendment rights of journalists to use drones for newsgathering be included in government regulations.
NPPA has provided extensive training as to what journalists can do if they’re stopped and told they can’t take pictures or record in public. The foremost advice is to meet with law enforcement on a regular basis to ensure that these rights are honored by police and to discuss how best to improve police-press interactions. While in the field, it is crucial to maintain situational awareness and pay attention to police and crowd movements to avoid being encircled (kettled). Always have an exit strategy, as it is always better to move to a different location than be arrested. If police stop or question you about your activities, make sure to identify yourself as a journalist.
What will journalism lose if NPPA is forced to close its doors?
It would be a significant loss to not only visual journalists but to journalism itself if NPPA were to cease as an organization. For almost 80 years, NPPA has strongly advocated for the rights of visual journalists and now more than ever that unique voice is needed as more journalists are required to report not only with words but images. It also comes at a time when the importance of truthful images could not be greater.
While there are many other organizations supporting the First Amendment and press freedoms, none is more exclusively dedicated to the advancement and protection of visual journalism in its role as a vital public service than the NPPA. Our code of ethics is often cited as exemplary of what visual journalism should strive to achieve. Should our voice be muted, its silence will be deafening.
Donate to NPPA’s programs here to help protect the rights of visual journalists and the public’s right to know.
Federico Orlando: il liberale che difese la libertà contro ogni censura
@Giornalismo e disordine informativo
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Undici anni fa, l’8 agosto 2014, ci ha lasciato Federico Orlando, fondatore e primo presidente di Articolo 21. “Federico, che sensazioni provi a marciare tra tutte queste bandiere rosse?”Gli chiedemmo in occasione della prima
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Perché i dazi di Trump fanno esultare Tsmc
L'articolo proviene da #StartMag e viene ricondiviso sulla comunità Lemmy @Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Tsmc sarà esentata dai dazi al 100 per cento sui microchip imposti da Trump. Ottima notizia per l'azienda e per l'intera economia di Taiwan. Ma le tensioni commerciali con l'America non sono risolte.
Chi sono i colossi della finanza che sostengono la Dsr Bank
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo
Un gruppo di grandi istituzioni finanziarie internazionali, tra cui J.P. Morgan Chase, Ing e Commerzbank, ha deciso di accettare la sfida della banca multilaterale pensata per portare avanti i progetti di difesa dell’Europa e dei suoi alleati. La Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (Dsrb) infatti si pone l’obiettivo
Fregate high-tech dal Giappone. Canberra punta sulla classe “Mogami” per la sua Marina Militare
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo
La Marina Australiana ha scelto la Mitsubishi per costruire la sua prossima generazione di fregate. Pochi giorni fa, il ministero della Difesa australiano ha infatti annunciato che la versione potenziata della classe “Mogami”
Il Mulino TikTok
@Politica interna, europea e internazionale
L'articolo Il Mulino TikTok proviene da Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.
aimee80
in reply to aimee80 • •Ho dimenticato dei dettagli:
Mio fratello ha 13 anni, in piena pubertà. Mentre il suo sviluppo cognitivo è attorno ai 6-7 anni. Difficile dirlo
Lui vive con mia madre, che non è più giovanissima (70). Anche se se la cava bene con la tecnologia, a volte può essere un ostacolo.
Io e miei altri fratelli andiamo spesso a darle una mano, ma ecco..non siamo sempre lì con loro. Per questo avrei bisogno di app semplici da utilizzare (dell'installazione posso occuparmene io)
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in reply to aimee80 • • •Ciao, uso la tastiera Heliboard, che è un progetto open source. I tasti sono maiuscoli e si può personalizzare nei colori e nella grandezza.
La visibilità della tastiera avviene quando un campo "scrivibile" ottiene il focus, quindi direi che dipende o dalla app che usate come board, o dai criteri di accessibilità del dispositivo. Possono essere alterati?
Diversamente, potresti provare a chiedere supporto agli sviluppatori, o qualcuno abile col codice del progetto open, provando a spiegare la situa in inglese e affidandoti a qualche anima pia che possa sviluppare l'opzione di non nascondersi.
Anche se, una tastiera visibile, che non può scrivere, diventa di intralcio e peggiora l'usabilità dell'interfaccia.
github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard
GitHub - Helium314/HeliBoard: Customizable and privacy-conscious open-source keyboard
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in reply to Tassoman • •@Tassoman grazie mille! Proverò Heliboard.
Per quel che riguarda i criteri di accessibilità del dispositivo, credo che siano piuttosto limitati ma ammetto che non ci ho smanettato molto.
Sul fatto di avere la tastiera visibile quando non bisogna scrivere, è vero è di intralcio e probabilmente gli confonde il campo visivo già limitato. È solo che con lui dobbiamo sempre essere pronti. Magari un secondo vuole scrivere e quello dopo no...
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Ha varie cose, non solo per ipovedenti, fra cui dei costosi video ingranditori.
Ma direi, se serve solo tastiera, conviene prima provare le app sullo Store.
Cerca
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in reply to Low res Loud audio • •@Low res Loud audio grazie di cuore. Non conoscevo il sito ma ho visto che alcuni ausili li abbiamo già (tipo la tastiera low vision o comunicatore CAA - che non utilizza 🙁 ). Darò un'occhiata, magari scopro qualcosa di interessante.
Le tastiere che ho provato dello Store non soddisfacevano le nostre esigenze - ma ammetto che non ho avuto molto tempo per testarle e smanettare.
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in reply to aimee80 • • •Capisco, fra l'altro senza condivisione (noi sul Fed ne siamo l'emblema 😅, ma ci aiutiamo anche 😀 lo smanettio fa male.
Vedo che la CAA è ora intesa come ambito generico, fra cui ad esempio la LIS...
Spesso la riduciamo alle schede con immagini e testo, che nello specifico sarebbero PECS, quando per l'ipovedenza ci sono i dispositivi VOCA (o SGD).
mondoausili.it/vocas/
Poi non solo per i costi valuterei bene l'apporto alla comunicazione fra noi e il fratellino, altrimenti povero.
VOCAs
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in reply to Low res Loud audio • •Anche coi dispositivi "comunicatori" funziona poco, non ha pazienza. La sua richiesta deve essere soddisfatta nel giro di pochi secondi..altrimenti si arrende e non usa più lo strumento che invece dovrebbe facilitare la comunicazione.
Ora adottiamo un approccio misto: LIS semplificata (c'è un metodo chiamato PORTA sviluppato dalla fondazione Svizzera a favore di persone sordo-cieche), qualche volta scritte al computer, schede tipo PECS (solo per alcune cose), ma è difficile perché ormai è grande..
Noi in famiglia lo capiamo abbastanza bene, ma dobbiamo fare in modo che possa farsi capire anche dal mondo esterno.
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in reply to aimee80 • • •Ho lavorato per brevi periodi in situazioni simili ma mai con questo tipo di disabilità. Ultimamente nel conoscerne uno in situazione informale la vedo diversamente ma non facile.
Bene che abbiate trovato strategie e, per quanto non facile estenderle, se c'è dell'altro condividi pure, qui qualcuno ascolta.
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aimee80
in reply to Low res Loud audio • •Da condividere avrei tantissimo.. e fa piacere sapere che c'è qualcuno in grado di comprendere 🥰
Poliversity - Università ricerca e giornalismo
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(scusate, ma l'ho visto solo ora)
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