Michael is a thought leader in the areas of internet anonymity, abuse of electronic free speech and industry regulation to protect victims of cyber bullies and defamation.
Michael is a journalist & Licensed Private Detective and believed to be the world's first professional Internet Consulting Detective. Michael Roberts had better reason than most to dedicate his professional life to catching cyber predators – he was once a victim! Previously coordinating white-hat security education for the US Air Force, NATO, the UN to name a few, Michael now uses his skills for private and law enforcement clients. He’s helped all manner of people from school children to celebrities and CEOs. His record time n identifying a troll was 17 minutes in a case where an Attorney General in the US had already spent $100,000 of tax-payers money and five internal attorneys in futile attempts to identify a rogue Tweeter. Michael is also responsible for numerous investigative journalistic scoops, and was described by one journalist recently as: "… an absolute secret weapon for any serious reporter."
He is a Case Analyst, Digital Forensics Analyst, Libel Litigation Support Consultant and entrepreneur. Michael founded, an international I.T. security organization that consulted for, or trained thousands of personnel from many of the world’s defense forces, intelligence agencies, governments, financial institutions, NGOs and almost any industry imaginable. As a result of his first-hand experience with a malicious, relentless, libelous online antagonist he sold the training business and turned his passion and focus to helping other victims through the anguish and frustration of such an assault.
