2018 – Page 36 – World Justice News

YouTube Launches “Copyright Match” Tool to Protect Initial Uploaders

July 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

YouTube will release a new tool to help initial uploaders to take action against those who duplicate and re-upload their content without permission. Copyright Match, which will be available to high-traffic users initially, will alert […]

Jordan Burling: Women jailed after teen ‘rotted to death’

July 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

The mother and grandmother of an emaciated teenager who was likened to a World War Two concentration camp victim have been jailed for manslaughter. Jordan Burling, 18, went into cardiac arrest in Leeds in 2016 […]

Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7bn damages in talc cancer case

July 13, 2018 World Justice News 0

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $4.7bn (£3.6bn) in damages to 22 women who alleged that its talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer. A jury in the US state of Missouri […]

Ava-May death: Two arrested over inflatable death

July 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a three-year-old girl who was thrown from an inflatable trampoline. The inflatable “exploded” on Gorleston beach in Norfolk on July […]

Stormy Daniels arrested in Ohio

July 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

US porn star Stormy Daniels has been arrested in a strip club in Columbus, Ohio, according to her lawyer. Ms Daniels was arrested for allegedly letting a customer touch her on stage “in a non […]

Iranian man flogged 80 times for drinking alcohol as a child

July 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

Amnesty International has condemned the Iranian authorities for publicly flogging a man who was convicted of consuming alcohol when he was 14 or 15. Local media published photographs of the man – identified only as […]

Beate Zschäpe given life after five year German neo-Nazi murder trial

July 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

After a five-year trial, a member of a neo-Nazi gang has been found guilty of 10 racially-motivated murders. Beate Zschäpe was the main defendant on trial over the murder of eight ethnic Turks, a Greek […]

Facebook faces maximum fine from UK data watchdog

July 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

The UK’s data protection watchdog intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for data breaches – the maximum allowed. The Information Commissioner’s Office said Facebook had failed to ensure another company – Cambridge Analytica – had deleted […]

South Sudan atrocities may constitute war crimes, UN says

July 10, 2018 zoshinuk 0

Horrific accounts of gang rape, throats being slit and mass shootings in South Sudan are described in the latest United Nations report on the country. It blames the violence in Unity state on government and […]

Jordan Burling death: Mother and grandmother guilty of manslaughter

July 10, 2018 zoshinuk 0

The mother and grandmother of an emaciated man who was allowed to “rot to death” have been convicted of his manslaughter. Jordan Burling, 18, went into cardiac arrest in Leeds in 2016 and died weighing […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

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Year: 2018

YouTube Launches “Copyright Match” Tool to Protect Initial Uploaders

Jordan Burling: Women jailed after teen ‘rotted to death’

Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7bn damages in talc cancer case

Ava-May death: Two arrested over inflatable death

Stormy Daniels arrested in Ohio

Iranian man flogged 80 times for drinking alcohol as a child

Beate Zschäpe given life after five year German neo-Nazi murder trial

Facebook faces maximum fine from UK data watchdog

South Sudan atrocities may constitute war crimes, UN says

Jordan Burling death: Mother and grandmother guilty of manslaughter