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Wife wins legal fight against ex after he sued her over Facebook post about him

April 3, 2019 zoshinuk 0

By Milo Boyd A woman who posted on Facebook about how she was strangled by her ex-husband has won a libel battle against him at the UK’s highest court. The legal dispute started in December 2012 […]

Facebook to ban white nationalism and separatism

March 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

Facebook has said it will block “praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism” on Facebook and Instagram from next week. The social media giant also pledged to improve its ability to identify and […]

Tina Malone admits ‘Bulger killer photo’ Facebook post

March 13, 2019 World Justice News 0

Actress Tina Malone has been given a suspended prison sentence after she admitted breaching an injunction protecting the identity of James Bulger’s killer Jon Venables. There is a global ban on publishing anything about the identity of […]

Facebook Held Liable for Copyright Infringing ‘Links’ in Italy

February 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Social networking giant Facebook must pay damages for failing to remove a link to a copyright infringing YouTube video, an Italian court has ruled. The case, which was filed by the Italian media conglomerate Mediaset, […]

California police find gang’s underground ‘shooting range’

February 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police in California have shared details and images of an underground shooting range they discovered at the home of a known gang member. The City of Fontana Police Department said they found several weapons and […]

Facebook Sued For Refusing to Remove Copyrighted Photo

January 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

Photographer Kristen Pierson Reilly has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for failing to respond properly to a DMCA notice. The social network refused to remove a copy of her photo, stating that it wasn’t clear […]

Sri Lanka police arrest two for bribing life-size cutout

January 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

Sri Lankan police have arrested two people who posted a Facebook video showing one of them pretending to give a bribe to a traffic police cutout. In the footage, a motorcyclist is seen offering money […]

Facebook sued by top prosecutor over Cambridge Analytica

December 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

Washington DC’s top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the firm for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine filed the lawsuit on Wednesday, said the […]

Facebook documents seized by MPs investigating privacy breach

November 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

A cache of Facebook documents has been seized by MPs investigating the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Rarely-used Parliamentary powers were used to demand that the boss of a US software firm hand over the details. […]

Court rules judges and lawyers can be Facebook friends as they are not real friendships

November 18, 2018 World Justice News 0

Florida’s Supreme Court has ruled on something that most social media users already know: Facebook friendships are not real. Specifically, the court said in a Nov. 15 opinion that a Facebook friendship between a judge and an […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]