Another Attempt to Vanish My Posts About Kelly Hyman v. Alex Daoud—Seemingly Backed by Court Order
Kelly Hyman is a lawyer, frequent FoxNews.com contributor, and a media and Twitter commentator in this year’s presidential campaign. She had also (in Hyman v. Daoud) sued her father, a disgraced former Miami Beach mayor, over a real estate transaction. And, for several years, there have been attempts to vanish from the Internet various materials related to that dispute—including attempts to vanish news stories about it, including my own articles.
On Oct. 17, I got an e-mail related to the latest such attempt:
[Subject] Request for Link Removal as per Court Order
Hello,
I am reaching out to request the removal of the following link from your website, as per a court order:
- https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/24/an-odd-response-from-one-of-the-lawyers-in-the-kelly-hyman-v-alex-daoud-case/
- https://reason.com/volokh/2023/12/14/attempt-to-vanish-my-article-about-attempt-to-vanish-my-article-about-attempt-to-vanish-other-articles/
I’ve attached a copy of the court order for you to look over. Please proceed with removing the links at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for taking the time to look into this matter.
Sincerely,
Angelina
The court order, issued in the initial Hyman v. Daoud case in March of this year, specifically states, “This order requires the taking down or deletion or deindexing the following links on the internet:,” followed by several links, including those on sites run by (among others) CBS News, Miami Herald, the Daily Mail, and me.
It orders “any internet-related services, internet service provider, host provider and/or search engine” to remove or deindex those items, and “remove and cause to be removed from any Site … all … [materials] related to directly or indirectly to this lawsuit, and/or Kelly Hyman [or certain relatives] and/or any website or posting defamatory, slander, or any statements against” those people.
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