How to make the internet safer without overloading it with government free‑speech brakes Last year, death threats made against Piers Morgan and his family, and the swift police response that followed, brought the issue of online abuse back into sharp focus. That case reminds us of the very real dangers that come with unchecked online […]
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The first UK case in which a conspiracy theorist was made to shut down his YouTube channel for harassing a grieving family.
The case of Frankie Rzucek v Alan Vinnicombe Read More »
Being illegal immigrants means they have no passports and no identification documents, effectively erasing their existence in the eyes of the authorities. They are stripped of their private mobile phones and denied any free contact with the outside world, leaving them utterly isolated and under constant surveillance.
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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 libel claim over a false sexual assault accusation made on Twitter and YouTube. The judge awarded damages and rejected the public interest defence.
The case of Jack Aaronson AKA Dominic Ford V Marcus Stones Aka Mickey Taylor Read More »
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.
The case of Brian Dudley v Michael Phillips Read More »
The first harassment injunction in England against a former employee, who had posted private images and attacks on his former boss at the United Nations.
The case of Rada-Ortiz v Espinosa-Vadillo Read More »
The first disclosure order against Facebook, compelling it to hand over the identities of the anonymous trolls who abused one woman.
The case of Nicola Brookes V Persons Unknown Read More »
The longest known harassment case in the UK: thirteen years of letters and websites, ended when the harasser was traced and taken to court.
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The first successful civil claim for catfishing in the UK, after a decade of deception by a relative posing as more than fifty people.
The Case of Kirat Assi v Simran Kaur Bhogal – Sweet Bobby Read More »
Simone Burns death. What impact can sharing such material have on an individual and what can be done to limit the distress and damaged
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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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Google is not the sole decision makers of whether you can have information about you removed from the internet under a right to be forgotten. People should not give up so quickly with their applications to remove links from the internet
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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 »
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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