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The case of Jack Aaronson AKA Dominic Ford V Marcus Stones Aka Mickey Taylor

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.

The case of Brian Dudley v Michael Phillips

Disclosure of ID of anonymous online users, Harassment Injunction Legal Advice, Internet Defamation Lawyer, Key cases by Yair Cohen, UK internet lawyer / By Yair Cohen

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.

The cases of R V Paul Britton and Phipps v Paul Britton and Origin Design

Key cases by Yair Cohen, Social media business solicitor, Social Media Lawyer UK, Social media legal expert, Social media litigation lawyer, UK internet lawyer / By Yair Cohen

The case of Paul Britton was the first case in the UK, where an online troll was made to take responsibility for his harassing an defamatory activities twice. First in the criminal court and once convicted, in a separate civil case in the High Court.

The case of Rada-Ortiz v Espinosa-Vadillo

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The case of Rada-Ortiz v Espinosa-Vadillo involved two employees of the United Nation. It was the first case in the UK where an harassment injunction was grated against a former employee who harassed his former supervisor.

The case of Dominated Men and Mario Rogers

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The case of Dominated Men and Mario Rogers involved a porn producer who, Yair Cohen discovered, was also working as a head teacher in a primary school. He took advantage of homeless men. Legal action by Yair Cohen forced him to shut down his sadistic website.

The case of DDF V YYZ

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The case of DDF v YYZ, involved the first ever service of a harassment injunction through the social media platform Instagram.

The case of Lindsey Goldrick Dean V Paul Curran

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The case of Lindsey Goldrick Dean V Paul Curran was the longest known harassment case in the UK. Yair Cohen traced the harasser and finally brought him to justice.

Is online content removal influenced by politics

Social media giants told by watchdog to delete tons of content or else….

Child safety online lawyer, Freedom of Speech and Online Harassment, Internet Law Expert Radio Interview, Internet police, Law and porn videos, Privacy and technology, Social Media Content Moderation, Social media legal expert, The future regulation of the internet / By Yair Cohen

Do social media companies discriminate against Russian generated content and if so, who has to pay the price? Yair Cohen explains in a live interview

The US to give the ransomware threat same priority as terrorism

blackmail and ransomware threat are a form of terrorism

Internet Privacy Lawyer, Police and artificial intelligence, Privacy and technology, Social media legal expert, The future regulation of the internet / By Yair Cohen

Internal security organisations in the US, have requested powers to allow them handle ransomware threat the same they handle terrorism.

Apple fined $12M in Russia over app market abuse

Apple fined $12M in Russia over alleged app market abuse

Internet Law Expert Radio Interview, Privacy and technology, Social Media Lawyer UK, Social media legal expert, The future regulation of the internet, UK internet lawyer / By Yair Cohen

Apple fined for anti-competitive behaviour. Earlier this week, Apple was fined by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service for gaining an unfair advantage over other companies, through its app store.

Biden v Knight First Amendment Institute and Twitter’s right to exclude users

Freedom of Speech and Online Harassment, Internet police, Privacy and technology, Social Media Content Moderation, Social Media Lawyer UK, Social media legal expert, The future regulation of the internet / By Yair Cohen

Biden v Knight First Amendment Institute, summary of the facts of the case. The case was first brought on behalf of Twitter users who objected to the right of President Donald Trump to block them. The core complaint was that the President’s Twitter account was an “official” account and that the comments section on his Twitter account was a “constitutionally protected public forum

Facebook bans COVID vaccine promotional messages

Did Facebook deliberately promoted Chaos

Internet Law Expert Radio Interview, Privacy and technology, Social Media Lawyer UK, Social media legal expert, Social media litigation lawyer, UK internet lawyer / By Yair Cohen

There are political ideologies that thrive on chaos. What if one day (or perhaps already) Facebook decides to adopt one of those ideologies and start using its power and influence to promote and spread chaos in some countries or around the world.