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YouTube prankster jailed for shooting boyfriend dead

March 15, 2018 World Justice News 0

A US woman has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for shooting dead her boyfriend in a botched stunt they hoped would go viral on YouTube. Monalisa Perez, now 20, was asked by Pedro Ruiz, […]

Huge Rightsholder Coalition Calls on New EU Presidency to Remove Safe Harbors

January 31, 2018 World Justice News 0

A huge coalition of international rightsholder organizations has appealed to the new presidency of the European Council to find an effective solution to the so-called ‘Value Gap’. Featuring an army of record labels, film groups, […]

Court Rules YouTube Doesn’t Have to Expose IP-Addresses of Movie Pirates

September 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

YouTube doesn’t have to hand over the IP-addresses of infringing uploaders to a German filmmaker, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt has ruled. The Court argues that IP-addresses can not be used to send a […]

YouTube-MP3 Settles With RIAA – Site Will Shut Down

September 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

YouTube-MP3, the world’s leading YouTube ripping site, has agreed to shut down indefinitely and hand over its domain to the RIAA. A private settlement agreement, including an undisclosed payment, will end the copyright infringement lawsuit […]

YouTube Fair Use Case Ends in Victory For h3h3Productions

August 24, 2017 World Justice News 0

The husband-and-wife team behind YouTube channel h3h3Productions have won an important copyright case in New York. After the pair uploaded a reaction video poking fun at YouTuber Matt Hoss he sued them, claiming that republication […]

US woman shoots boyfriend in YouTube stunt

June 28, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Minnesota woman has been charged over the fatal shooting of her boyfriend, in what authorities say was a social media stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez, 19, was booked into county jail after shooting at […]

YouTube star faces child porn charges ‘after getting fans to send explicit videos’

June 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Harley Tamplin for Metro.co.uk A singer with more than half a million subscribers on YouTube is accused of instructing two young female fans to make sexually explicit videos. Austin Jones allegedly told one of […]

Google Updates Ads Polices Again, Ramps Up AI to Curtail YouTube Crisis

April 3, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Two weeks into a YouTube advertising boycott over hateful videos, Google is taking more steps to curb a crisis that escalated further than the company anticipated. Alphabet Inc.’s main division is introducing a new system […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]