Legislation proposed to stop ‘lawfare’ targeting journalists and whistleblowers https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/17/slapps-legislation-stop-lawfare-journalists-whistleblowers #MediaLaw #PressFreedom #FreedomOfSpeech #LibelReform #Law #Politics #UkNews #Business #HouseOfLords #HouseOfCommons #JohnWhittingdale #Censorship #Media #Newspapers #DigitalMedia #NewspapersMagazines

So I want to hear what people on Mastodon think, and particularly #marginalised people. Is there any good that comes out of the existence of #libel and #defamation laws? Would the world be better or worse if accusation was legal and those #laws were flat out deleted? Bearing in mind who can afford to use the #law, and who can afford to defend themselves against it. #LibelReform #DefamationReform