Media freedom organisations and MEPs back new anti-SLAPP law
By Emil Weber
Six members of the European Parliament have called on the European Commission (EC) to swiftly initiate legislation to protect investigative journalism in Europe.
Fekete Hajnal, Jávor Benedek LMP, CC BY 2.0
The cross party MEPs David Casa, Ana Gomes, Monica Macovei, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Stelios Kouloglou and Benedek Jávor, in a letter dated 19th February 2018 to the EC Vice-president Frans Timmermans, said that the type of legal action nicknamed SLAPP, which is increasingly used to silence critical voices, requires “an EU response”.
SLAPP is an acronym for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. According to the Public Participation Project…
