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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 6d

An attack on one is an attack on all.

We won’t stay silent – no matter how deep their pockets or how dirty their tactics.

📣 Show solidarity with those targeted by SLAPPs: like, share, and help us make some noise.

#StopSLAPPs

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 6d

PLUS:

Energy company TAQA has SLAPP-ed a former employee after he refused to participate in practices he believed violated labour and immigration law.

Their cease-and-desist letter sought to prohibit the target from discussing the matter, even “in private.”

www.the-case.eu/latest/from-...

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 6d

Italian fuel company Fox Petroli is threatening two environmental defenders for calling its Pesaro site "degraded” – language reflecting that of the company's own report.

The multi-million company is demanding the defenders pay €2 million for “reputational damage.”

www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 6d

⚠️ IT'S A (DOUBLE) SLAPP!

@casecoalition.bsky.social has verified TWO new SLAPPs, both concerning Italian citizens who tried to raise their voices for the public good.

📣 Italy, where are your SLAPP protections? 👀

#StopSLAPPs

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media.tenor.com

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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social · 7d

📊 The European Anti-SLAPP Monitor, hosted by ECPMF and developed with the @casecoalition.bsky.social, tracks how governments across Europe are addressing abusive lawsuits.

Explore the Monitor and follow progress of your state here: slapp-monitor.eu

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 10d

Check out the Anti-SLAPP Monitor developed by @ecpmf.bsky.social and @casecoalition.bsky.social to see who the leaders and laggards are 👉 slapp-monitor.eu

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 10d

🌍 Yesterday was International Day of Universal Access to Information… but our #RightToKnow is under threat from SLAPPs.

A right that cannot be safely exercised is no right at all.

European countries have 6 months to implement the EU anti-SLAPP law - we urge them to get it right!

#StopSLAPPs

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 20d

Yesterday, with the support of @casecoalition.bsky.social, Lëvizja FOL gathered institutions, embassies, journalists & the Anti-SLAPP Coalition in #Kosovo to stress the need for collective action to protect democracy, human rights & free expression.

#StopSLAPPs

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · 28d

🔴 Global press freedom hits 50-year low.

A new report from @internationalidea.bsky.social shows press freedom has declined in a quarter of the 174 countries studied.

Strong anti-SLAPP laws are needed in addition to other protections to reverse this trend.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds

The International IDEA’s survey of democratic markers finds US is offering ‘encouragement’ to populist leaders

www.theguardian.com

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Sep 5

🖐️ It's a SLAPP!

🚨 @casecoalition.bsky.social officially recognises Joost Debucquoy’s €1.2M lawsuit against non-profit groups Samen Sterk ! & Erfpacht as a SLAPP – designed to silence those exposing the injustice of his family’s real estate schemes.
👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...

#StopSLAPPs

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 Launching the European Anti-SLAPP Monitor!

Developed by @ecpmf.bsky.social & @casecoalition.bsky.social, the tool shows how countries across Europe are rolling out anti-SLAPP protections – where progress is happening, where it’s stalled, and where more work is needed.‬

👉 Go to: slapp-monitor.eu

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 22

✊While the judge deliberates, we stand in solidarity with @greenpeace.org, and with all those facing SLAPPs.

We will not be silenced by corporate bullies.

#StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 22

⚠️ ET has asked a North Dakota judge for an unprecedented “anti-suit injunction” to block the EU law. If granted, it would undermine protections for EU citizens and free speech, and break with international legal principles.

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 22

💥 Why is a multibillion-dollar fossil fuel pipeline giant getting so nervous?

After back-to-back lawsuits against Greenpeace in the US, Energy Transfer is now trying to shield itself from Europe’s new anti-SLAPP law. #StopSLAPPs

www.greenpeace.org/internationa....

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 14

🔴 Red flag: Albania's new draft law makes "mockery" of politicians a crime, with penalties of up to three years in prison.

The law's vague terms leave it open to interpretation and prone to abuse, with huge risks for journalists, activists and citizens.

#StopSLAPPs

euobserver.com/EU%20&%20the...

Why is Albania criminalising 'mockery' yet going easy on corruption?

Article 235, the Desecration of the Republic and its Symbols, criminalises so-called “mockery” or ridicule of high state officials — including the prime minister, president, and ministers — with penal...

euobserver.com

CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 30

🏆 Earlier this year, we exposed some of the worst abusers of the legal system with the European SLAPP Contest

📺 Watch as Energy Transfer receives the International Bully of the Year award after SLAPP-ing @greenpeace.org with a nine-figure bully lawsuit 👇 #StopSLAPPs

www.youtube.com/shorts/5vEtP...

European SLAPP Contest 2025: International Bully of the Year

YouTube video by CASE Coalition

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 22

🎭 The powerful use SLAPPs to silence voices and save face. But we won’t be quiet.

There’s a growing movement ready to expose those using bully lawsuits.

▶️ Watch oil giant ENI receive the highly coveted SLAPP Addict of the Year Award 🏆👇

#StopSLAPPs #EuropeanSLAPPContest

CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 8

⚖️ We are saying #HandsOffOurSpeech and calling on governments to urgently bring the EU’s anti-SLAPP directive into national law.

Because billion-dollar corporations should never be able to sue people into silence.

✊ #StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist

CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 8

Last year the EU agreed a law to #StopSLAPPs and July 2nd marked its first big test.

@greenpeace.org took US oil giant Energy Transfer to court in the Netherlands, challenging an absurd lawsuit meant to punish their solidarity with Indigenous-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Greenpeace International begins groundbreaking Anti-SLAPP case to protect freedom of speech - Greenpeace International

In a first, landmark test case of the EU's new legislation to protect freedom of expression and stop abusive lawsuits, Greenpeace International challenges the US oil pipeline company, Energy Transfer,...

www.greenpeace.org

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 8

📣 Hands off our speech! 🤚

On July 2nd, over 50 organisations in 17 countries participated in a European Day of Action against SLAPPs, calling on governments to protect us from oligarchs, tech bros and all those weaponising the law to silence those speaking out in the public good.

Check it out 👇

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you thought corporate bullying couldn't go any lower, look again 👀👇

Signature Clinic, a cosmetic surgery clinic, targeted former patients with SLAPPs for leaving negative reviews.

Solidarity with the targets of Signature's bully lawsuits - @casecoalition.bsky.social is behind you all the way!

Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · Jul 8

Last week we were in court to observe the appeal in Gotti v Perrett, the last live case in the series of SLAPP actions brought by Signature Clinic, a cosmetic surgery clinic. They had targeted former patients who had posted negative reviews about their care & a patient advocate. 1/6

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 7

🤔 The stakes?

Nothing less than the public's access to information, freedom of expression and the right to hold companies and politicians to account.

We won’t let SLAPPs silence public interest work.

📢 #HandsOffOurSpeech #StopSLAPPs

CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 7

The action also showed solidarity with @greenpeace.org, which on the same day initiated its trial against US oil giant Energy Transfer in a Dutch court, in the first major test case of Europe’s new anti-SLAPP law.

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 7

📣 Activists and organisations called on governments to pass strong anti-SLAPP laws.

For EU countries, that means turning the new EU directive into national law - ideally, in a timely and ambitious manner. ⚖️

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CASE Coalition @casecoalition.bsky.social · Jul 7

✋ SLAPPs (in case you don't know) = Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.

They’re abusive lawsuits used by the powerful to silence journalists, activists & NGOs.

We’re pushing back.

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