This blog post engages media representations over the past week with attention to the role and the rights of citizen journalists who offered live-stream videos, images with very different frames from those offered by corporate media. But, a new patent issued to Apple this week for ‘infrared emitters’ will make it possible to shut down iPhone cameras in moments of crisis. As Julie Mastrine, author of the petition that asks Apple not to share this technology with law enforcement officials, says: "The release of this technology would have huge implications, including the censoring of political dissidents, activists, and citizens who are recording police brutality." Please read, share, and sign the petition.