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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Acting for the Pimlico Plumbers founder when the Honours Forfeiture Committee moved to strip him of his OBE over social media posts, with no appeal and no reasons.
Saving your OBE award from forfeiture – the case of Charlie Mullins OBE Read More »
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 »
The solicitor’s account of the Sweet Bobby case: a decade of deception by more than fifty invented characters, and the fight for justice that followed.
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare – The Lawyer’s Perspective on a Decade of Deception Read More »
A web developer who built dozens of fake websites about a client over a £200 dispute. Convicted in the criminal court, then sued in the High Court.
The cases of R V Paul Britton and Phipps v Paul Britton and Origin Design Read More »
A celebrity harassed by an anonymous Instagram account. The first harassment injunction in the UK served through Instagram itself.
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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.
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Latest anti-trust ruling by the European Court Today, the European General Court upheld a 2017 anti-trust ruling by the European Commission which imposed on Google a fine of $2.8 billion following a finding of anti-competitive conduct by the internet giant Why the decision against Google is important Google has lost its appeal against a $2.8
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YouTube deletes 2 news channels depriving 500,000,000 viewers of news choice YouTube has permanently deleted two news channels, which appear to have reported news in a manner disagreeable to YouTube. Both news channels, which between them share more than half a billion viewers are sister stations of Russian RT News. The news channels broadcast in
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Solicitor Yair Cohen speaks to BBC Radio Kent about The rate of homophobic hate crimes in the UK, including stalking and online harassment, has more than doubled over the past five years, with Kent police reporting a staggering 400% increase in reported cases.
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Introducing the Solicitor of the Year – Private Practice Shortlist: Q&A with Yair Cohen, Partner at Cohen Davis Solicitors
Law Society Lawyer of the Year Finalist Interview: Yair Cohen Read More »
Social media platforms to be accountable for amplifying hate speech from Yair Cohen Solicitor on Vimeo. 8chan is where the suspect of the El Paso Shooting is believed to have posted a white nationalist manifesto rant. The platform in the meantime, had been shut down but the post was then copied to numerous mainstream social
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Yair Cohen , Social Media Lawyer, discusses Twitter’s recent decision of hiding harmful tweets by politicians
Can Twitter censorship of politicians’ tweets ever be justified? 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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