Bringing a YouTuber to justice for this level of harassment is far from straightforward.
One of the biggest challenges we faced was YouTube’s reluctance to act. Despite clear evidence that Vinnicombe was using his platform to spread dangerous misinformation and
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Yair Cohen, represents David Paisley, a former actor and prominent LGBT rights activist, who brought a defamation claim against Graham Linehan, a well-known television writer, in the English High Court.
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In the so called Hampstead Paedophile Hoax case. solicitor Yair Cohen represented a mother whose life was devastated by an online harassment campaign led by Sabine McNeill, a 75-year-old pensioner.
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Yair Cohen is the solicitor who represented TJM, a Royal Marine Officer, who faced defamatory allegations from West Yorkshire Police. His former partner accused him of controlling and coercive behaviour.
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In this libel case, Yair Cohen acted for Mr Aaronson who is known as Dominic Ford, against Marcus Stones, who is known as Mickey Taylor The case revolved around serious accusations made on Twitter. The judge highlighted the importance of responsible journalism and the verification of information before publication, noting that Stones’ belief that publishing the statements was in the public interest was not objectively reasonable.
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The case of Brian Dudley v Michael Phillips involves a financial advisor who became the victim of nearly 6 years of defamation and harassment campaign by a former colleague, Michael Phillips. He was awarded, for the first time in England, combined damages for defamation and for breach of Date Protection Act by his defamer.
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Why do people troll celebrities? Rumours about celebrities on social media The world of fame and fortune can be a difficult one to navigate. For celebrities, their lives are often the target of scrutiny from their fans and haters alike. Unfortunately, the rise of the internet has made it easier for people to express their
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The reason why some people allow themselves to say online what they wouldn’t dare saying in person goes back to the early days of the internet, where there was a perception that the internet was outside the scope of regulations and policing. It was a free space where people could do whatever they wanted; free speech was king, there wasn’t a government and in fact,
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Katie Price is certainly a controversial figure who doesn’t hesitate to speak her mind. But does this necessarily make her a fair target to online abuse?
She doesn’t think so and i’m supporting her. Katie Price and her children have been suffering from online abuse and harassment far before many members of Parliament started to recognised online harassment and abuse as an issue worth discussing.
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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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Yair Cohen presents at the Internet Law Leadership Summit Las Vegas 2015
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Social media harassment injunction to stop internet trolls. Specialist social media injunctions lawyer Yair Cohen is in the news
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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
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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Social media litigation solicitor Yair Cohen double sued internet user for harassment both under criminal law and then under civil law. A criminal conviction makes it far easier to claim compensation for harassment and defamation in a civil court.
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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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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
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A right to be forgotten Solicitors A right to be forgotten lawyers: New Google take-down requests. What does it mean to you?
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Remove review from yelp Can you remove fake reviews from Yelp even if Yelp tells you that you are doomed?
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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
Yair Cohen presents at Google Campus event on Reputation Law for Startups 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.
Social Media Sites and Corporate Social Responsibility – The Case Of Stan Collymor 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.
What makes social media so powerful? Read More »
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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