For years now, in blog posts and in speeches across the country, I have been warning about the real-world implications of augmented reality games. Primarily, I’ve focused on the risk of getting physically hurt while playing these virtual games. But I’ve also shared the story of an incident that happened only a few miles from[...]
Augmented Reality Gamer Detained By Police
Filed Under: Augmented Reality Tagged With: games, Google, Ingress, misinterprettion, police
Justice Department Agrees: First Amendment Protects the Right to Video Police
I’ve previously argued in court briefs, on this blog, and in the press that citizens have a qualified right under the First Amendment to take and share video of police officers acting in the course of their duties in public spaces. If we didn’t have that right, then people like the videographer who filmed the[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: accountability, Baltimore Police Department, Christopher Sharp, Department of Justice, First Amendment, police, Sharp v. Baltimore
Posting Videos of Police on YouTube: Protected by the First Amendment?
But 20 years later, it’s still not universally clear whether it’s legal to record the police. The First Circuit’s ruling is only binding in a few northeastern states. And every week brings another headline about yet another citizen arrested and charged with wiretapping or eavesdropping (or sued civilly for invasion of privacy) for doing the[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Anthony Graber, eavesdropping, Emory A. Plitt, Eyez, George Holliday, Glik v. Cunniffe, Oscar Grant, police, privacy, Rodney King, wiretapping, YouTube
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