Legal reforms designed to curb the abusive use of “SLAPPs” are insufficient to stop the rich and powerful trying to block freedom of speech, a new study warns. Measures in the U.S., U.K. and the EU to stop strategic lawsuits against public participation do not address the deep-seated inadequacies in the law which have a chilling effect on journalists and whistleblowers, the research says.
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Legal reforms to stop abusive SLAPPs fail to stop chilling effect of the powerful, study warns
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