EU must go further to protect journalists from abusive litigation, expert says

The Council’s latest draft of the EU anti-SLAPP directive is significantly watered down and does not go far enough to protect journalists from lawsuits designed to harass and intimidate them, director of Article 19 Europe Sarah Clarke told EURACTIV in an interview.

“This law is colloquially known as ‘Daphne’s Law’. But as it stands in this compromise text, it wouldn’t protect Daphne from any of the cases she was facing,” Clarke said. [Shutterstock / Pablo L Mendoza]

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Nathalie Weatherald Euractiv.com Apr 19, 2023 13:26 5 min. read

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