A libel claim against The Sun over an article about Mel B. The High Court ruled that it accused him of harassment, not merely of being under investigation.
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A mother falsely accused online of belonging to a satanic cult. The harassment campaign was stopped and its leader prosecuted.
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A Royal Marine officer whose former partner’s unproven allegations were passed by the police to his employer. A defamation and privacy claim against the force.
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A defamation claim over Graham Linehan’s Substack articles and the readers’ comments beneath them. The court ruled that a blogger can be liable for both.
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A libel claim over a false sexual assault accusation made on Twitter and YouTube. The judge awarded damages and rejected the public interest defence.
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A financial adviser defamed and harassed for six years by a former colleague. The first English case to award damages for defamation and data protection breach together.
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A transgender escort defamed and outed on adult review websites. A High Court privacy injunction, GYH v Persons Unknown [2018] EWHC 212 (QB).
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It’s an industry wide problem but will the big tech giants ever understand the reach of the damage that their negligent behaviour can cause? Facebook has created a reporting tool for scam adverts and donated £3m to Citizens Advice for an anti-scan project called Scams Action. The project was launched by Facebook after they agreed to
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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.
Is online abuse a criminal offence? Read More »
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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Yair Cohen presents at the Internet Law Leadership Summit Las Vegas 2015
Yair Cohen presents at the Internet Law Leadership Summit 2015, Las Vegas Read More »
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
Are review websites liable for defamatory reviews? What the law says in 2026 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 »
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 »
