Interestingly, support for the idea that anonymous posting should be phased out has come from an unexpected source. Back in 2011 Facebook’s former marketing director Randi Zuckerberg and Google head Eric Schmidt have both been quoted to suggest that anonymous posting should be made a thing of the past
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Yair Cohen, a partner at Cohen Davis Solicitors, discusses the pros and cons of self-regulation and considers why the current taxation system is unfair. To understand the reasons behind the need to end the special treatment tech and social media companies receive by the UK and other Western governments, both, in terms of general regulations
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To understand the extent of the neglect of users, one only needs to look at some of the staggering figures which were candidly provided by some internet companies who were represented on the panel.
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Internet companies are stepping up their game when it comes to policing the internet. Following warnings by the government that it will introduce external regulations, social media companies are already practicing large scale removal of user generated content.
Policing the internet, is this a beginning of a new era? Read More »
Watch what happened when privacy lawyer Yair Cohen served a privacy injunction live on an internet troll via Instagram.
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3 most common reasons why a right to be forgotten application will fail.
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Obtaining disclosure orders against online trolls can be made far easier says internet law expert and social media solicitor Yair Cohen, who regularly acts for celebrity who face abuse online
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Solicitor and harassment lawyer Yair Cohen who helps celebrity get rid of internet trolls FOREVERMORE helps Frankie Bridge to hunt down celebrity specialists internet trolls. Source: CELEB TROLLS: WE’RE COMING TO GET YOU!
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So where do Europeans stand in relation to the removal of Google search results worldwide? Since Google ordered to remove search results worldwide, Europeans are eagerly awaiting the French High Court’s final decision on an appeal. In May 2015 French data regulator ordered Google to apply Right to be Forgotten removals of search results not
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Consent and pornography and why sometimes no does not mean no An example of this might be an individual who is not a professional actor and who agreed to be paid a small sum of money, for participation in a hard-core pornographic film, where the amount paid was totally disproportionate to the actions they were required to perform or be subject to.
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it’s time to start giving serious thought to erasing your online footprint. We called on internet oracle and social media solicitor Yair Cohen (internetlawcentre.co.uk) to offer his foolproof guide to going full Jason Bourne…
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Catfishing happens when someone uses false identity to lure you into loving them. They pretend they are the person they believe you want them to be. Catfishing can be part of an illegal act of deception if for example the perpetrator obtain information by deception
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Source: Pressure by Credit Card Companies Helps Reduce Sex Crime Against Minors
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Internet police. A powerful book about the future policing of the internet; a platform from which the crying voices of victims of online crime can be loudly and clearly heard.
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The FBI has stepped up its effort to police the internet by requesting Yahoo to assist in developing software to scan emails which were going through YahooMail servers. Yahoo was reported to have agreed but the intrusion did not only affect YahooMail customers but also other email users who happened to communicate with a YahooMail
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On Wednesday 21 December 2016 the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that it would be unlawful for a member state to enact laws that “provide for general and indiscriminate retention of all traffic and location data of all subscribers and registered users relating to all means of electronic communication”, even to fight
Data retention after the Watson ruling: was the Investigatory Powers Act unlawful? Read More »
Is the right to be forgotten being extended to the USA . Yair Cohen, UK lawyer and internet law expert will be presenting at the Internet Law Leadership Summit in the USA about USA right to be forgotten
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Cohen Davis law society award in delivering excellent client care service. We do our best to deliver an outstanding level of internet law services to all our clients by opening our processes. Internet law experts UK. Strategies minute by minute, step by step.
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Google anti trust case. Google anti-trust case made simple. Internet lawyer Yair Cohen
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Lawsuit against Facebook . Radio interview with Yair Cohen, UK social media litigation lawyer. Facebook sued by Israeli and USA citizens over Palestinian attacks. Lawyers have filed a $1B lawsuit against Facebook, accusing it of knowingly supporting the Palestinian group Hamas. Law suit against Facebook might succeed. Facebook harassment legal advice
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The topic of Amazon fake business and product reviews was the centre of the BBC Radio 4 consumer affair program You and Yours. Amazon specialist lawyer Yair Cohen discusses the latest developments below.
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Bulk Personal Datasets collection by UK government includes solicitor client privileged information. The bulk personal datasets collected by British intelligence agencies is reminiscent of dark days and dark regimes, Yair Cohen, of the London-based law firm Cohen Davis Solicitors
In case of children, once they grow up, they might not wish to have their images expose to the world at large yet they might be prevented from doing anything about the publication. Images that were originally posted on Facebook by the child’s parent might since have been copied to other websites social media legal advice
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Can employer monitor employee email. As good practice employers who wish to monitor employee email should require employees not to use t the employer reserves the right to monitor employee email.
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Net neutrality abolished. Fast lane or slow lane and what the fuss is all about. fast lane an slow lane – what does it really mean and how this might affect you as an internet user.
What is net neutrality? The 2015 vote, and where the UK stands now Read More »
TalkTalk data breach can I leave Talk following the data breach without paying a penalty. What does my contract with talk talk says about breach of data protection and leaving talk talk
TalkTalk data breach: can I leave TalkTalk? The 2015 answer, and what happened next Read More »
Yair Cohen presents at the Internet Law Leadership Summit Las Vegas 2015
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Social media litigation lawyer obtained online harassment injunction to stop internet trolls abusing his victim on social media. Serving online harassment injunction via social media on Instagram. Yair Cohen social media lawyer specialises in difficult cases of online harassment and internet harassment law
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Making successful right to be forgotten request from Google. Social media solicitor Yair Cohen explains how to avoid common mistakes in making an application under a right to be forgotten.
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The case of Hegglin v Google at the London High Court has been settled following the Judge’s criticism of Google in the previous hearing.
In October 2014 the journalist Joseph Cox exposed the website Insecam, which was live-streaming the feeds of tens of thousands of CCTV and web cameras around the world whose owners had never changed the default password, and whose subjects had no idea they were being watched. On 20 November 2014 the Guardian quoted the Information
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why it is so important to obtain legal advice quickly and not delay matters when it comes to online defamation.
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What to do if your images are stolen and placed on the internet?
As hacked nude celebrity photos had been sold on the internet, Yair Cohen, social media lawyer
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In 2013 I was privileged to be invited to the Supreme Court to take part in the Model Law Commission, a project run by Big Voice London with the support of the Supreme Court and the Law Commission, in which a group of sixth-form students from London state schools are encouraged to design law reforms
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The truth, which every defamation solicitor who specialises in removing defamation from the internet should be able to tell you, is that the majority of the operators of review websites. business defamation on review website
Are review websites liable for defamatory reviews? What the law says in 2026 Read More »
What responsibilities do social media websites have towards their users? Should social media sites be regulated? Yair Cohen social media lawyer speaks to LBC
Dangerous online challenges: what responsibility do social media sites have? Read More »
New online piracy laws are planned to be introduced as part of the Digital Economy Act 2010.
What do the new Piracy Laws mean to you?
UK online piracy laws: the 2014 debate, and what happened next Read More »
Yair is a Social media business solicitor who specialises in social media, internet law and online reputation of business. His clients include companies listed on the London stock exchange as well as start-ups
Reputation law for start-ups: Yair Cohen at Google Campus, London (February 2014) Read More »
The key issue is whether it’s fair to place the entire burden of responsibility on the platform. Social media companies, while crucial in setting and enforcing community guidelines, cannot single-handedly control user behaviour.
talkSPORT, Twitter and Stan Collymore: who is responsible for abuse online? Read More »
Social media lawyer Yair Cohen says that the internet and social media, through the collective wisdom and madness of the crowd is very judgemental and could be unforgiving.
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She was being harassed online, she said, but as our conversation deepened, it became clear that her torment was not unfolding in conventional online spaces but within the world of her Second Life character.
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