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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

Legislation proposed to stop ‘lawfare’ targeting journalists and whistleblowers

Private members’ bills to crack down on use of Slapps are likely to attract cross-party support

The Guardian

The Democracy Advocate May 16

Fox News Propaganda Raises Dangerous Questions About Fraud, Free Speech, and Political Manipulation

Fox News propaganda may extend beyond partisan speech into legally dangerous territory as profit-driven misinformation reshapes politics and public trust.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/us-news/fox-news-propaganda/

Hacker News May 14

The European Union backs Italy's right to make Meta pay for news

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/the-eu-backs-italys-right-to-make-meta-pay-for-news/

#HackerNews #Tech #MediaLaw

The European Union backs Italy’s right to make Meta pay for news

Meta must comply with Italian law requiring it to negotiate with and fairly compensate news publishers for the the use of their content, according to a ruling by the Europe's highest court on Tuesday. The decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that EU copyright law d…

Nieman Lab

PPC Land Apr 15

FYI: Judge dismisses newspaper publishers' antitrust case against Google: A D.C. court dismissed the Helena World Chronicle antitrust suit against Google, ruling publishers lacked standing and failed to prove an online news monopoly. https://ppc.land/judge-dismisses-newspaper-publishers-antitrust-case-against-google/ #Antitrust #Google #NewspaperIndustry #MediaLaw #OnlineNews

Judge dismisses newspaper publishers' antitrust case against Google

A D.C. court dismissed the Helena World Chronicle antitrust suit against Google, ruling publishers lacked standing and failed to prove an online news monopoly.

PPC Land

Viral Trend Daily Apr 11

The court did not merely disagree with the Pentagon’s revised policy; it treated the changes as a continuation of restrictions already found unconstitutional. That suggests a deeper institutional conflict over who controls access to information inside the national-security state.
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