Courts Freeze Trolls’ Assets Globally

After de‑anonymizing Tattle Life’s founder, a Belfast judge awarded exemplary damages and ordered a worldwide asset freeze for platform-enabled defamation and harassment. The plaintiffs ran a 'global forensic investigation' to unmask him; his appeal claims they knew his identity 18 months earlier, raising notice and due‑process issues. This outlines a replicable playbook: pierce anonymity, win judgment, and enforce via cross‑border financial chokepoints. — It signals how states may govern anonymous online abuse through extraterritorial asset freezes and publisher‑style liability, while surfacing risks of procedural abuse.