Legal Bullying Tactics: What is a SLAPP?

Written By Nicole Vander Meulen

Corporations bully activists, critics, and human rights defenders into silence through baseless lawsuits. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) masquerade as ordinary civil lawsuits, but their true purpose is to drown out criticism by tying up their targets in court.

Watch Protect the Protest's short explainer video to learn more about how corporate bullies have used SLAPPs to attack free speech.

Nicole Vander Meulen
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