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Social Media Removal: How to Remove Fake Accounts and Posts from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and LinkedIn — Lacey Counsel

Social Media Removal: How to Remove Fake Accounts and Posts from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and LinkedIn

Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025 — an eightfold increase since 2020. Effective fake-account removal is no longer reputational housekeeping. It is risk management — and increasingly, legal practice. The seven enforceable rights, properly pleaded together.

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How to Take Down a Reddit Post Legally? — Lacey Counsel

How to Take Down a Reddit Post Legally?

Reddit handled 69,154 DMCA notices in H2 2025. Three tiers, seven theories, one Section 230 boundary — the full architecture for fake-account, defamation, and subreddit takedowns.

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Yahoo News Removal: How to Remove Negative Content from Yahoo News and Yahoo Finance Website — Lacey Counsel

Yahoo News Removal: How to Remove Negative Content from Yahoo News and Yahoo Finance Website

180M U.S. visitors. 88% trust association. Three channels — editorial, legal, and search-delisting — properly sequenced. Plus the publisher-vs-distributor question under Section 230.

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Google Search Removal: How to Remove Negative Content from Google Search and Reclaim Your Reputation — Lacey Counsel

Google Search Removal: How to Remove Negative Content from Google Search and Reclaim Your Reputation

5.9 trillion searches a year. 65% zero-click. Three pathways — policy, legal, and court order — properly sequenced. Plus DMCA delisting, GDPR Article 17, CCPA, and equitable court-order practice.

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Negative Review Removal: A Prosecutor's Framework — Lacey Counsel

Negative Review Removal: How to Remove Fake or Defamatory Reviews from BBB, Trustpilot, Yelp & Sitejabber

4.5M fake reviews removed by Trustpilot in 2024. The FTC now penalizes review fraud up to $43,792 per violation. Seven enforceable theories, four platforms, and the boundary set by the Consumer Review Fairness Act.

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Twenty Years After: Reflections on Prosecuting Hate Crimes in Los Angeles

From the first race-based hate-crime murder conviction in LA County to today's quieter, deeper work — what's changed, what hasn't, and what the next two decades demand.

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The Case for Crisis Intervention Training in Every Department

CIT is the single highest-leverage investment a city can make in the safety of both officers and the people they encounter on the worst day of their lives. Here's why.

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