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Minister Jim O’Callaghan announces passage of Defamation Bill through Oireachtas and publishes General Scheme of SLAPPS Bill (Department of Justice of Ireland)

Public Technologies 11 Feb 2026
) Press release Minister Jim O'Callaghan announces passage of Defamation Bill through Oireachtas and publishes General Scheme of SLAPPS Bill ... It will also complete transposition of the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive.
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2025 Report: SLAPPs in Europe – Democracy in the Dock (AEJ - Association of European Journalists)

Public Technologies 03 Feb 2026
) The 2025 report from the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation finds that the number of abusive lawsuits ...
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91 SLAPP cases filed in Malta in the years 2010-2024

The Malta Independent 31 Jan 2026
The fourth edition of the Annual SLAPPs Report, prepared by the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, showed Saturday that 91 SLAPP cases were filed in Malta between 2010 and 2024 ... SLAPPs function by wasting the defendant's time and resources.
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IPA Joins Call for Stronger Protections Against SLAPPs in the UK (IPA - International Publishers Association Inc)

Public Technologies 29 Jan 2026
... 2026 The International Publishers Association has added its voice to 120 organisations calling for reform by signing a joint letter from the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition.
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The Independent joins calls for Starmer to introduce anti-SLAPP measures

The Independent 28 Jan 2026
Tara Cobham is a senior reporter at The ...
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Idaho's new anti-SLAPP law takes effect

Image Idaho Press-Tribune 08 Jan 2026
As Idaho rolls into 2026, several new laws are slated to take effect, though one bill will have to wait until February for implementation ... .
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Colorado Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of Anti-SLAPP LAW

Pagosa Daily Post 24 Dec 2025
Tender Care interpreted the “public interest” parameters of the six-year-old anti-SLAPP law. ... The Court of Appeals had ruled that the anti-SLAPP law does not protect online criticisms “made primarily ...
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Cyprus introduces anti-SLAPP bill to protect journalists and activists from predatory lawsuits

Philenews 23 Dec 2025
The Republic of Cyprus has moved to shield journalists, activists, and whistleblowers from predatory legal actions with the introduction of a bill designed to curb “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation” (SLAPPs) ... Read more. ... ....
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Woman ‘in constant fear’ after Slapp lawsuit stifles her business

The Times/The Sunday Times 14 Dec 2025
Karen Perrett was accused by ...
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RSF and UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition condemn Trump’s legal threat against the BBC (RSF - Reporters sans frontières)

Public Technologies 12 Dec 2025
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition - which includes Reporters Without Borders (RSF) - has condemned US President Donald Trump's legal threat against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and warned that ...
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City lawyer cleared of bogus legal threat in key SLAPPs case

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism 09 Dec 2025
web ... The case, which has been shrouded in secrecy, was seen as an important test in the ongoing effort to stamp out so-called SLAPPs – expensive lawsuits that set out to silence criticism. It has failed ... Hutchings denied all wrongdoing ... Home page ....
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UK will ramp up clampdown on ‘abusive’ Slapps lawsuits, Lammy says

The Guardian 08 Dec 2025
... determined to crack down on the practice known as Slapps – strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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The SLAPP Problem Is Worse Than We Thought

Columbia Journalism Review 04 Dec 2025
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ASF France Trains Lawyers and Journalists on Tackling SLAPP Suits

This Day 01 Dec 2025
The workshop opened on Monday with ASF Country Director, Angela Uwandu Uzoma-Iwuchukwu warning that SLAPP suits were becoming a sophisticated tool for suppressing public debate.
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Malaysia Must Withdraw Government SLAPP action against HRD Murray Hunter in Thailand’s Criminal Court (OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture)

Public Technologies 01 Dec 2025
Thailand must refuse to allow its criminal courts to be used for SLAPP actions by anyone, even fellow ASEAN member States ... Use of SLAPP action by any Government is UNACCEPTABLE ... More Anti-SLAPP laws are imminent.

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