Bipartisan bill would protect speech from harassing lawsuits
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SLAPPs are lawsuits intended to chill and punish constitutionally protected speech, including journalism.
Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPPs, threaten free speech.
SLAPPs are frivolous lawsuits often brought by the wealthy and powerful against speech they dislike. SLAPPs chill reporting, activism, and criticism by forcing defendants to spend time and money defending themselves. We need strong laws that stop SLAPPs at both the state and federal level.
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