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James Charles: YouTube temporarily demonetises beauty influencer

April 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

YouTube has temporarily demonetised the channel of beauty influencer James Charles. Earlier this month, he admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to two 16-year-old boys. YouTube confirmed to the BBC that the 21-year-old – who has 25 […]

Stokes twins: YouTubers plead guilty over fake bank robbery

April 1, 2021 World Justice News 0

A pair of YouTubers have pleaded guilty to faking a bank robbery that led to an unsuspecting Uber driver being held at gunpoint by police. Alan and Alex Stokes, 24, who have six million followers […]

Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR

May 21, 2020 World Justice News 0

A woman must delete photographs of her grandchildren that she posted on Facebook and Pinterest without their parents’ permission, a court in the Netherlands has ruled. It ended up in court after a falling-out between […]

South Korea chatroom sex abuse suspect named after outcry

March 25, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man accused of leading a group that blackmailed girls into sharing sexual videos – which were then posted in pay-to-view chatrooms – has been named after an outcry in South Korea. At least 10,000 […]

US domestic abuse victim pretends to order pizza to alert 911

November 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

A woman in a domestic violence situation managed to call 911 without the perpetrator realising, by pretending to order a pizza. Officers in Oregon city, Ohio, praised the caller’s quick thinking, which led to the […]

Qandeel Baloch: Brother of murdered social media star jailed

September 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

Three years after her murder, the brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch has been jailed for life. Ms Baloch, 26, was strangled in July 2016, in a murder that shocked Pakistan and the […]

YouTuber pays compensation after ‘copycat’ death

September 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Chinese influencer has agreed to pay compensation to the families of two girls – after one died in what her family says was an attempt to copy a viral video. Ms Yeah, who has […]

Qandeel Baloch: Parents fail to free brothers accused of killing sister

August 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

The parents of a Pakistani social media star allegedly murdered by her brothers have lost their bid to free their sons. Qandeel Baloch’s parents told the court they forgave Waseem and Aslam Shaheen, who are […]

Bianca Devins: The teenager whose murder was exploited for clicks

July 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Like many other teenagers her age, Bianca Devins lived her life online. The 17-year-old had recently graduated from high school and was looking forward to starting a psychology course at a community college later this […]

Trump blocking Twitter critics unconstitutional, court rules

July 10, 2019 World Justice News 0

President Donald Trump is violating free speech laws by blocking critics on Twitter, a New York federal appeals court has ruled. It follows a case brought on behalf of seven individuals who had been blocked […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]