Anti-SLAPP Task Force: Protect the Protest
After four years of anti-SLAPP advocacy, PtP is taking on new legal and legislative arenas. Right now, the rights of protesters in the U.S. are at a critical crossroads. We are witnessing both an expansion of policies that threaten the safety of marginalized people and communities, and an uptick in repressive anti-protest measures. We formed this task force to protect our rights - and yours - to speak out, criticize, and protest peacefully. From SLAPP suits to surveillance, we are here to defend your protest. Because democracy needs dissent.
Resources
What is SLAPP?
Who is vulnerable?
Know your rights
Help us end SLAPP
History of SLAPP Suits
SLAPPs are not a new tactic, but have grown into a larger threat in our era of polarized mass communications and drastic inequality. Learn how SLAPP bullies use the courts to silence their critics, and how free speech advocates are working to protect our rights.