Between August 2016 and February 2017, tens of thousands of people came to North Dakota to protest a crude oil pipeline that a Texas-based fossil fuel corporation called Energy Transfer was building near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation. The Tribe called for the protests due to concerns that the project — called the Dakota […]
Current legal reforms against SLAPPs still aren't quite enough to protect free speech from the powerful. #slapps
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-legal-reforms-abusive-slapps-chilling.html
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.
Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem and Children’s and Family Emmy Award-nominated actress Yasmin Finney star in a new film, SLAPP Suit.
Greenpeace activists fly ‘Stop the Billionaire Takeoff’ message in front of billionaire oil man Kelcy Warren’s castle in Ireland ahead of his Waterford Airport takeover ceremony nearby
Greenpeace International activists flew a ‘Stop the Billionaire Takeoff’ message near Kelcy Warren’s Irish estate Castletown Cox in County Kilkenny to call attention to this Big Oil bully's widely reported takeover of the nearby Waterford Airport.
Journalists covering environmental and climate issues in Africa face a growing risk of legal harassment from the rich and powerful resorting to SLAPPs to silence critical reporting. New research by the International Press Institute points to a grave yet underreported threat to free expression
Environmental and climate journalists in Africa face a serious yet underreported risk from SLAPPs, according to a new report from the International Press Institute (IPI). The report, “SLAPPs against environmental and climate journalists in Africa: A perfect storm for harassment” is based on interviews and research on seven countries in West, Central, and East Africa: […]
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