Anti-SLAPP: EU protection against legal actions that silence critical voices | Attualit� | Parlamento europeo

Anti-SLAPP: EU protection against legal actions that silence critical voices | Attualità | Parlamento europeo

• Long-awaited rules to address growing number of lawsuits against journalists and media outlets 
• Cross-border cases include electronically accessible content 
• Recommendations for member states to address domestic cases 

Journalists, media organisations, activists, academics, artists and researchers should be protected against unfounded and abusive legal proceedings.

The Legal Affairs Committee adopted its position on new rules to ensure EU-wide protection from vexatious lawsuits against public participation with 15 votes in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention. (...)