[ NNSquad ] Apparently inspired by Street View face blurring, Slovenia attacks panoramic photography

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Apparently inspired by Street View face blurring, Slovenia attacks panoramic photography

http://j.mp/rCxkk6  (Dliberation)
   
   "So how did an arbitrary technical distinction come to decide whether
    an uncensored photograph is legal or illegal in Slovenia? The
    following is a cautionary tale of what happens when non-technical
    regulators meet a new-to-them technological innovation they are
    ill-equipped to judge. It is also a case study of how Google, by
    voluntarily implementing facial blurring in its relatively new but
    hugely popular Street View automated 360-degree panoramas, created
    norms in the minds of regulators that they are now eager to set in
    stone legally. By focusing on the technical details distinguishing
    Street View from more conventional photography formats, these
    regulators have managed to condemn an entire emerging field of
    photography to burdensome and invasive censorship requirements that
    are impossible to scale without Google-sized automation resources."

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