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Texas house considering changes in law protecting free speech The Daily Signal21:44Texas US US Politics

Texas House bill could weaken free speech protections for negative reviews, opponents say FOX 4, Dallas-Fort Worth21:58Texas US US Politics

European report on media freedom says Maltese anti-SLAPP laws have fallen short MaltaToday08:13Press Freedom Malta EU

There are ‘serious gaps and deficiencies’ in Malta’s anti-SLAPP law, media freedom report says The Malta Independent08:04Press Freedom Malta EU

Media Freedom Rapid Response Input regarding the EU Democracy Shield Media Freedom Rapid Response13:26EU Press Freedom European Commission

Capitol Notebook: 'Anti-SLAPP' legislation goes to Iowa governor The Gazette17:38Iowa

Legislation to quickly end lawsuits attacking free speech, press heads to governor’s desk Iowa Capital Dispatch21:47Iowa

Greece: Win for investigative media outlets in spyware SLAPP case IFEX20:11Athens Spyware Greece

Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso09:39Athens Spyware Greece

DM2025: media freedom The National Union of Journalists (Press Release)12:21NUJ Press Freedom Trade Unions

‘A tax defaulting landlord tried to use the law to transform himself into the victim’ – NUJ… The Irish Independent02:36NUJ Press Freedom Trade Unions

N.Y. decision on showing required for #theylied defamation claims based on allegations of sexual assault Reason13:12New York Politics New York Crime Politics Blogs (US)

Iowa Senate passes anti-SLAPP bill providing free speech, press protections Iowa Capital Dispatch19:05Iowa Senate Iowa US Senate

Iowa Senate unanimously passes House File 472, providing anti-SLAPP protections News Media Alliance18:32Iowa Senate Iowa US Senate

Long-awaited defamation legislation could be passed by summer Irish Examiner16:01Irish Politics Rep. of Ireland

Irish Examiner view: Laws must protect the right to free speech Irish Examiner01:06Irish Politics Rep. of Ireland

'Breathtaking assault': Lawyers hit back at Trump's 'laughable' fight against pollster The Raw Story00:24

President Trump loses bid to end Central Park Five defamation case CBS News20:40

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1527th CM Meeting (30 April 2025) EU statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on 3… European External Action Service10:31

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100 days of Trump & his billionaires’ war on the environment Greenpeace (Press Releases)10:01

MFRR partners’ position on EU Democracy Shield European Federation of Journalists (Press Release)09:47

Yesterday

Amnesty report warns of harassment, intimidation in Serbia N1info14:07 29-Apr-25

Media Freedom Rapid Response Input regarding the EU Democracy Shield Media Freedom Rapid Response13:26 29-Apr-25

N.Y. Decision on Showing Required for #TheyLied Defamation Claims Based on Allegations of Sexual Assault Reason13:12 29-Apr-25

European report on media freedom says Maltese anti-Slapp laws have fallen short MaltaToday08:13 29-Apr-25

There are ‘serious gaps and deficiencies’ in Malta’s anti-Slapp law, media freedom report says The Malta Independent08:04 29-Apr-25

EU Media Freedom In Deepening Crisis Amid Rising Authoritarianism Civil Liberties Union for Europe05:06 29-Apr-25

In the last 7 days

Listen: 2025 legislative session is likely to extend past schedule as legislators negotiate the state budget Iowa Public Radio13:34 28-Apr-25

Deel fires back with lawsuit as Rippling espionage case heats up CTech20:55 26-Apr-25

Texas Lawmakers Consider Controversial Bill That Could Undermine Protections Against Frivolous… The Dallas Express18:06 26-Apr-25

DM2025: media freedom The National Union of Journalists (Press Release)12:21 26-Apr-25

Texas High Court Keeps Alive REIT's 'Short And Distort' Suit Law36002:38 26-Apr-25

Deel files countersuit against Rippling as rivalry escalates TechCrunch22:02 25-Apr-25

Disciplinary commission rejects Indiana AG Todd Rokita’s call to dismiss latest ethics complaint Indy Politics21:47 25-Apr-25

Capitol Notebook: 'Anti-SLAPP' legislation goes to Iowa governor The Gazette17:38 25-Apr-25

Poland: Fulfil promises – Decriminalise defamation now Article 1910:00 25-Apr-25

Legislation to quickly end lawsuits attacking free speech, press heads to governor’s desk Iowa Capital Dispatch21:47 24-Apr-25

Texas House Considering Changes in Law Protecting Free Speech The Daily Signal21:44 24-Apr-25

House Bill 2988 looks at SLAPP lawsuits FOX 7 Austin00:10 24-Apr-25

Yuga Labs Seeks Access to Crypto Wallets to Enforce Judgment in Bored Apes Lawsuit ARTnews Magazine18:53 23-Apr-25

In the last month

Texas House bill could weaken free speech protections for negative reviews, opponents say FOX 4, Dallas-Fort Worth21:58 22-Apr-25

Greece: Win for investigative media outlets in spyware SLAPP case IFEX20:11 22-Apr-25

Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward… ProPublica20:01 22-Apr-25

EU Statement – UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Harmony with Nature Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna (Press Release)18:39 22-Apr-25

Newmark brokers say Eastdil trying to silence competition The Real Deal17:40 22-Apr-25

Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso09:39 22-Apr-25

Protecting journalists and human rights organisations from strategic lawsuits against public participation The Government of The Netherlands (Press Release)06:56 22-Apr-25

Long-awaited defamation legislation could be passed by summer Irish Examiner16:01 21-Apr-25

Bill Makes It Easier to Silence Those Speaking Out on Public Concerns The Daily Signal12:05 21-Apr-25

Indonesian Minister Threatens to Prosecute Observer, LBH Jakarta: 'Criminalization of Academics' Tempo07:45 21-Apr-25

Iowa Senate Unanimously Passes House File 472, Providing Anti-SLAPP Protections News Media Alliance18:32 18-Apr-25

Civil Action Against Lawyer, Therapists in Heated Child Custody Dispute is SLAPP Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Los Angeles14:17 18-Apr-25

Texas legislation could weaken protections against frivolous lawsuits, warn free speech… Fox News13:00 18-Apr-25

Texas legislation reforming anti-Slapp law concerns free speech advocates Fox News13:00 18-Apr-25

‘A tax defaulting landlord tried to use the law to transform himself into the victim’ – NUJ… The Irish Independent02:36 18-Apr-25

How rogue landlord tried to use anti-stalking legislation to gag the media Sunday World09:01 17-Apr-25

Texas Legislature Considering Change to Law That Could Increase Lawfare The Daily Signal21:53 16-Apr-25

Iowa Senate passes anti-SLAPP bill providing free speech, press protections Iowa Capital Dispatch19:05 16-Apr-25

Important reminder: Free speech includes right to criticize government Bleeding Heartland18:02 16-Apr-25

'Breathtaking assault': Lawyers hit back at Trump's 'laughable' fight against pollster The Raw Story00:24 16-Apr-25

Ukrainian journalists increasingly targeted with SLAPPs IFEX05:58 15-Apr-25

In Ukraine, SLAPPs continue to proliferate during the war European Federation of Journalists (Press Release)11:25 14-Apr-25

Pointing the finger Law Gazette01:09 14-Apr-25

Irish Examiner view: Laws must protect the right to free speech Irish Examiner01:06 14-Apr-25

No Parlez! Record Store Day Bandcamp only protest release preview: Louder Than War09:50 12-Apr-25

ECFiber and operating company trade legal blows as contract renewal talks break down VTDigger00:44 12-Apr-25

Greenpeace Says Latest Keystone Pipeline Spill Shows Why Big Oil Targets Climate Activists Common Dreams23:25 11-Apr-25

No secret deportation hearings Freedom of the Press Foundation18:12 11-Apr-25

Challenges to media freedom in the OSCE region: UK statement to the OSCE, April 2025 GOV.UK (Press Release)11:16 11-Apr-25

Report by the Representative on Freedom of the Media to the OSCE Permanent Council: Joint Statement, April 2025. GOV.UK (Press Release)10:05 11-Apr-25

President Trump loses bid to end Central Park Five defamation case CBS News20:40 10-Apr-25

Protecting media freedom is crucial to our democracies, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in first… OSCE16:33 10-Apr-25

Quitting Biglaw Over Executive Orders Isn’t Just For Third Years — See Also Above the Law00:40 10-Apr-25

Press Coalition Challenges Trump’s Executive Order Threatening Press Freedom and Legal Representation The Intercept19:46 9-Apr-25

Jay-Z Still Isn’t Letting Tony Buzbee Off The Hook Above the Law19:04 9-Apr-25

Diddy lawyers want to block testimony from additional accusers in sex trafficking trial Complete Music Update18:10 9-Apr-25

Letter Not Threatening Lawsuit Is Not a Prelitigation Demand Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Los Angeles17:17 9-Apr-25

Germany: Attacks on Journalists Double, Middle East Reporting Polarizes & Media Policy Initiatives Stalled Reporters Without Borders15:02 9-Apr-25

We can make SLAPPs counterproductive by continually exposing them, Casa says The Malta Independent11:08 9-Apr-25

UN: Progress at the 58th Session of the Human Rights Council Article 1909:23 9-Apr-25

H3’s Ethan Klein set to face major defamation lawsuit after losing appeal Dexerto.com13:19 8-Apr-25

North Macedonia: Revised media legislation must ensure better working conditions for media professionals International Federation of Journalists13:17 8-Apr-25

Emily Kinama: Silencing fundamental rights and freedoms - Rise of Slapp suits The Star, Kenya07:56 6-Apr-25

‘The court cannot find that plaintiff acted diligently’: Former Trump WH policy analyst demands … Law & Crime16:41 5-Apr-25

San Diego judge blocks Texas company from selling rebranded ‘ghost gun’ machine in California U-T San Diego13:01 5-Apr-25

(Podcast) The Briefing: ER Redux? The Anti-SLAPP Motion That Didn’t Stick JD Supra23:24 4-Apr-25

The Briefing: ER Redux? The Anti-SLAPP Motion That Didn’t Stick JD Supra23:24 4-Apr-25

EU Anti-SLAPP Directive: Public Participants May Claim Compensation for Strategic Litigation Outside EU JD Supra21:32 4-Apr-25

Liability Can Lie for Truthful but Incomplete Recitation Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Los Angeles17:19 4-Apr-25

Justin Baldoni slams Ryan Reynolds as Blake Lively's ‘co-conspirator,’ rips actor’s request to… Fox News16:37 4-Apr-25

Climate justice at a tipping point The International Bar Association10:44 4-Apr-25

Germany: New study reveals SLAPPs increasingly used against journalists IFEX07:04 4-Apr-25

Florida Supreme Court nixes Michael Flynn’s defamation claims against Rick Wilson Florida Politics21:25 3-Apr-25

The Fallout from the Greenpeace Verdict The Nation19:04 3-Apr-25

Acro and AIRA work to create a circular economy for aircraft seating Aircraft Interiors International14:12 3-Apr-25

Of women’s rights and global chauvinism The Statesman06:03 3-Apr-25

Lebanon faces growing calls to end legal attacks on independent media IFEX03:39 3-Apr-25

Corporate Capture and the Creation of False Enemies: How Criminalising… WebWire17:30 2-Apr-25

Germany: New study confirms SLAPPs is increasingly used against journalists European Federation of Journalists (Press Release)17:20 2-Apr-25

LaDuke: Greenpeace verdict a shameful slap to protesters INFORUM17:02 2-Apr-25

Actor’s Suit Over Losing Role for Vaccination Status Is SLAPP Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Los Angeles16:41 2-Apr-25

In Solidarity with Daraj and Megaphone Amid A Coordinated Campaign Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (Press Release)10:00 2-Apr-25

Are Studios’ Casting Decisions Considered Free Speech? Hollywood Reporter22:48 1-Apr-25

Greenpeace vs. Energy Transfer’s SLAPP: What happens after the… Greenpeace (Press Releases)21:03 1-Apr-25

Voting Exec Says Defamation Suit Not Fit For Colo. High Court Law36002:56 1-Apr-25

Valnet Threatens YouTubers With ‘Legal Consequences’ for Citing Wrap Investigation | Exclusive The Wrap02:46 1-Apr-25

SRA investigation into Prigozhin lawyers was “supine” Legal Futures00:02 1-Apr-25

Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of March 24 - 28, 2025 JD Supra21:23 31-Mar-25

What Would John Wilkes Booth Do? Mandatory COVID Vaxes for Actors California Employment Law Update18:41 31-Mar-25

UN Human Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Albania, Burkina Faso, Mongolia, Montenegro And Zimbabwe Scoop08:38 31-Mar-25

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Latest news on SLAPP, short for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, which is when an individual or organization files a judicial or administrative action against another individual or organization in order to chill or prevent the other person from participating in public discourse. SLAPPs are often used to censor or silence public voices, and are often filed against advocacy organizations and individuals who have exposed or criticized unethical or illegal activities of the SLAPP filer.

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