Experts welcome new task force set up to stop rich and powerful from silencing journalists, but say it’s not enough

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/slapps-new-task-force-lawsuits-protect-journalists-government-lucy-frazer-prigozhin-higgins/

Bogus defamation and privacy claims are often made to intimidate and financially exhaust journalists and media outlets into dropping investigations into corruption or other crimes by wealthy individuals.

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oroboros@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Interesting acronym that is used for this, SLAPPs (Strategic legal actions against public participation). Almost like whoever came up with the term is having a laugh.

I’m sure the UK government can be fully trusted to implement this task force in an effect way.

Another interesting part of the article

Earlier this year, openDemocracy revealed how the UK government helped Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner leader, to bypass sanctions and launch a legal attack on British journalist Eliot Higgins of investigative website Bellingcat in the London courts.

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