Here's a short story:
A certain member of my local hackerspace runs a web-service that returns racist content and nazi-symbolism.
Member gets evicted from the hackerspace and his membership cancelled by democratic vote.
Member sues the hackerspace for public defamation.
Hackerspace is running break-even and can barely afford attorneys and legal advice.
I really, really need to contain myself at this point, but someone truly deserves a can of whoop-ass.
John Oliver recently dedicated his HBO show to why we need a federal anti-SLAPP law. Like most of his stuff, the episode was witty and engaging. It was also sloppy, thoughtless and poorly researched. From now on, I’ll wonder whether I can trust anything he says. An anti-SLAPP motion is a powerful legal […]
@lwriemen @fribbledom sigh. This is just one long utopian fallacy. Things having problems or being abused mean they need to be improved, not reactionary-style axed. Where no anti-SLAPP exists, billionaires and corps love that *more* because they can use their deep pockets and frivolous lawsuits to silence opposition, which raises First Amendment issues
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