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Television, radio and newspaper interviews with UK social media lawyer Yair Cohen

Why people do not change their privacy settings on Facebook and Google
A step too far for Facebook fact-checker
Google loses appeal of $2.8 billion fine in E.U. anti-trust case
YouTube deletes RT news
Yair Cohen on GMB – How to combat social media football racism
Content removal discrimination by social media companies
Florida Senate Bill 7072
The US to give the ransomware threat same priority as terrorism
Apple fined $12M in Russia over app market abuse. Yair Cohen explains why
Google found guilty on location cheating in Australia
Can social media companies rewrite history?
Why are farmers in India supported by social media giants
Facebook political ad ban blocks COVID19 vaccine messages
Facebook hands in user private messages to FBI
Calling for more online harassers to be prosecuted
Should political ads be banned on social media?
Lawyer of the week: Yair Cohen
Anonymous social media trolls who abuse tennis players face being unmasked after technology breakthrough
Financial institutions spy on employees computers at home
Why European states are slow to use mobile tracing technology during COVID-19
Breach of privacy of children when parents post images of their children on social media
Online harassment laws need to change to help victims of online harassment get their lives back
Former Rangers and Hearts star’s daughter reveals her teenage bullying hell in a BBC interview together with Yair Cohen
Identifying online trolls could be a simple process
When did Facebook become a serious player in a political game?
Twitter, Facebook and Political Ads
Why Facebook decided to keep displaying paid political Ads whilst Twitter chose to say no to the money
Why Facebook banned Russian Borscht recipes
Social media platforms to be accountable for amplifying hate speech
Facebook’s new tool is not a remedy for privacy concerns
FacebookAbility of the police -UK police to use artificial intelligence to identify to be criminals
Instagram’s New Anti-Bullying Features
Lawyer Simone Burns is dead after a video of her being drunk on a plane went viral making her the target of sustained internet trolling and abuse
Would it not be better to let people decide whether they like or dislike Politicians’ Tweets?
Facebook Content Moderators – Yair Cohen on RT news
The Antitrust Probe – What the US Government is hoping to achieve.
It is possible to create cross jurisdictional internet regulation systems to limit social media content and self-harm
Why the Removal of Facebook Accounts of Antisemitic Right Wing Extremists is a Bad Idea
Does Hauwei really have hidden backdoors on their equipment supplied to Vodafone?
Service of injunction against an internet troll via Instagram for the first time in internet history
How has the internet evolved from a lawless place to one of the heaviest policed venues in the world
Can the internet ever be policed? Yair Cohen interview with Al Jazeera
SHOULD ONLINE ABUSE BECOME A CRIMINAL OFFENCE. Yair Cohen speaks to Jason Mohammed on BBC Radio
Why your child might not be safe using YouTube
What are the Legal Consequence of Posting Defamation on the Internet
It is possible to regulate the internet despite its global nature. Yair Cohen interview with AlJazeera
Cohen Davis Helps Woman to Stop harassment after 13 Years
The fallout from the sale of data by Twitter to Cambridge Analitica
Yair Cohen on The Legal Hour LBC – 28/02/2018
Why encryption works and how it is used by terrorists
Anonymous Web ‘Trolls’ Are Targeted by Company Lawyers in U.K. Lawsuits
Individuals ‘have no right’ to stop name being used online
Defamation on the internet might land you in jail!
Web developer avoids jail after creating website about ex-client which falsely claimed he was a paedophile
Online harassment injunction first Yair Cohen
Why do we care so much about government snooping but are happy to be spied on by social media?
How to remove unauthorised personal images from the internet?
What are the legal responsibilities of social media websites towards their users?
TalkTalk breach of data. Can you leave TalkTalk without paying termination charges?
Net neutrality fast lane slow lane. What does it all mean
Can employers monitor employees emails?
What are the legal risks for parents who post images of their children on social media
How solicitors privileged communications were spied on by security services
Amazon fake reviews legal advice
Lawsuit against Facebook by victims of terror
Google Anti-trust investigations
How online profiling of terror suspects works and why is Yahoo co-operating
Should online abuse be treated as seriously as face to face abuse
Yair Cohen talks to RT UK on UK surveillance case in ECHR
What is the new Intelligence & Surveillance Watchdog and can it be effective
You Can Be Forgotten Online, But Not in the British Library
Tracking terrorists online might invade your privacy
Why retailers should embrace online reviews
UK shoppers more likely to be positive in online reviews than negative
Social Media Disorder
Is catfishing illegal in the UK?
Legality of Negative Reviews
Analysis: Internet democracy sounds the death knell for the judges
Calling for more online harassers to be prosecuted
Online harassment laws need to change to help victims of online harassment get their lives back
Former Rangers and Hearts star’s daughter reveals her teenage bullying hell in a BBC interview together with Yair Cohen
Identifying online trolls could be a simple process
Social media platforms to be accountable for amplifying hate speech
Instagram’s New Anti-Bullying Features
Lawyer Simone Burns is dead after a video of her being drunk on a plane went viral making her the target of sustained internet trolling and abuse
The Antitrust Probe – What the US Government is hoping to achieve.
Why the Removal of Facebook Accounts of Antisemitic Right Wing Extremists is a Bad Idea
SHOULD ONLINE ABUSE BECOME A CRIMINAL OFFENCE. Yair Cohen speaks to Jason Mohammed on BBC Radio
Why your child might not be safe using YouTube
What are the Legal Consequence of Posting Defamation on the Internet
The fallout from the sale of data by Twitter to Cambridge Analitica
Yair Cohen on The Legal Hour LBC – 28/02/2018
Why do we care so much about government snooping but are happy to be spied on by social media?
How to remove unauthorised personal images from the internet?
What are the legal responsibilities of social media websites towards their users?
TalkTalk breach of data. Can you leave TalkTalk without paying termination charges?
Net neutrality fast lane slow lane. What does it all mean
Can employers monitor employees emails?
What are the legal risks for parents who post images of their children on social media
How solicitors privileged communications were spied on by security services
Amazon fake reviews legal advice
Lawsuit against Facebook by victims of terror
How online profiling of terror suspects works and why is Yahoo co-operating
Should online abuse be treated as seriously as face to face abuse
Why people do not change their privacy settings on Facebook and Google
A step too far for Facebook fact-checker
Google loses appeal of $2.8 billion fine in E.U. anti-trust case
YouTube deletes RT news
Yair Cohen on GMB – How to combat social media football racism
Content removal discrimination by social media companies
Florida Senate Bill 7072
The US to give the ransomware threat same priority as terrorism
Apple fined $12M in Russia over app market abuse. Yair Cohen explains why
Google found guilty on location cheating in Australia
Can social media companies rewrite history?
Why are farmers in India supported by social media giants
Facebook political ad ban blocks COVID19 vaccine messages
Facebook hands in user private messages to FBI
Should political ads be banned on social media?
Financial institutions spy on employees computers at home
Why European states are slow to use mobile tracing technology during COVID-19
Breach of privacy of children when parents post images of their children on social media
When did Facebook become a serious player in a political game?
Twitter, Facebook and Political Ads
Why Facebook decided to keep displaying paid political Ads whilst Twitter chose to say no to the money
Why Facebook banned Russian Borscht recipes
Facebook’s new tool is not a remedy for privacy concerns
FacebookAbility of the police -UK police to use artificial intelligence to identify to be criminals
Would it not be better to let people decide whether they like or dislike Politicians’ Tweets?
Facebook Content Moderators – Yair Cohen on RT news
It is possible to create cross jurisdictional internet regulation systems to limit social media content and self-harm
Does Hauwei really have hidden backdoors on their equipment supplied to Vodafone?
Service of injunction against an internet troll via Instagram for the first time in internet history
How has the internet evolved from a lawless place to one of the heaviest policed venues in the world
Can the internet ever be policed? Yair Cohen interview with Al Jazeera
It is possible to regulate the internet despite its global nature. Yair Cohen interview with AlJazeera
Cohen Davis Helps Woman to Stop harassment after 13 Years
Why encryption works and how it is used by terrorists
Google Anti-trust investigations
Yair Cohen talks to RT UK on UK surveillance case in ECHR
What is the new Intelligence & Surveillance Watchdog and can it be effective
Is catfishing illegal in the UK?

Lawyer of the week: Yair Cohen

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Anonymous social media trolls who abuse tennis players face being unmasked after technology breakthrough

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Anonymous Web ‘Trolls’ Are Targeted by Company Lawyers in U.K. Lawsuits

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Individuals ‘have no right’ to stop name being used online

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Defamation on the internet might land you in jail!

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Web developer avoids jail after creating website about ex-client which falsely claimed he was a paedophile

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Online harassment injunction first Yair Cohen

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You Can Be Forgotten Online, But Not in the British Library

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Tracking terrorists online might invade your privacy

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Why retailers should embrace online reviews

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UK shoppers more likely to be positive in online reviews than negative

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Social Media Disorder

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Legality of Negative Reviews

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Analysis: Internet democracy sounds the death knell for the judges

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    CyberLawExpertLawyer Yair Cohen@CyberLawExpert·
    21 Jun

    Do you ever need to take a screenshot as evidence of #harassment or of #defamation on the internet? If you do, make sure to read this excellent article where I give advice on the best way to take screenshot and preserve evidence using your mobile telephone https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/56366/1/receipts-culture-has-gone-too-far

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    19 Jun

    Men who are falsely accused of rape and whose trial damaged their reputation can now remove refences to their trial from Google when their name is being searched https://www.internetlawcentre.co.uk/falsely-accused-of-rape

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    19 Jun

    Cops look at self after a businessman wrongly accused of raping law student who was motivated by the metoo movement https://mol.im/a/10914001

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    22 May

    Why are #footballers susceptible to #blackmail and extorsion?
    If you know a #PremierLeague footballer who is being blackmailed, you will also know that the experience they are going through is pretty sickening. Everything is at stake...Read more.
    https://www.internetlawcentre.co.uk/footballer-blackmail-legal-advice

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