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Month: November 2021 (Page 4 of 4)

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation: a SLAPP in the face for free speech. What are SLAPPs? – Peter Coe

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) is a type of litigation (or threat of litigation) that are used, as the name suggests, strategically by claimants against organisations and individuals – including NGOs, activists, academics, whistleblowers, and journalists – to shut down free speech. Consequently, they pose a threat to democracy, that as members of society we should all be concerned about. Continue reading

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