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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 […]

U.S. Wants Prison Sentence for Facebook User Who Pirated ‘Deadpool’

September 17, 2018 World Justice News 0

The US Government is recommending a six-month prison sentence for a California man who uploaded a pirated version of the movie Deadpool to Facebook. In just a few days the copy was viewed 6,386,456 times. […]

Lucy McHugh death: Man jailed over Facebook password refusal

August 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager in Southampton has been jailed for withholding his Facebook password from detectives. Lucy McHugh, 13, was found stabbed to death in woodland last month, a day […]

‘Sinister’ Facebook stalker jailed for abusing woman

August 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

A “cowardly predator” who cyber-stalked a disabled campaigner against online abuse has been jailed. Nicky Wright, 39, of Lewisham, south London, was convicted of stalking Nicola Brookes from Brighton. Despite never meeting Ms Brookes, Wright […]

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 […]

Pakistan Human Rights activists targeted in Facebook attacks

May 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

In December 2016 Diep Saeeda, an outspoken human rights activist from the Pakistani city of Lahore, received a short message on Facebook from someone she didn’t know but with whom she had a number of […]

Facebook facial recognition faces class-action lawsuit

April 17, 2018 World Justice News 0

Facebook must face a class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology, a California judge has ruled. The lawsuit alleges that Facebook gathered biometric information without users’ explicit consent. It involves the “tag […]

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War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

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US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

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The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]