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?

Have you ever suffered an injustice and felt the… Read more

Who is vulnerable?

SLAPPs target a wide range of organizations and people… Read more

Know your rights

The rights to speak freely, assemble peacefully, and petition… Read more

Get help

In 2018, a group of nonprofit organizations created the… Read more

Our cases

Learn about the recent work of the Protect the… Read more

Help us end SLAPP

Ending this threat requires cooperation across the political spectrum… Read more

The Task Force

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Amazon Watch
American Civil Liberties Union
Amnesty International
Business & Human Rights Resource Center
Center for International Environmental Law
Civil Liberties Defense Center
Climate Defense Project
EarthRights International
Electronic Frontier Foundation
First Amendment Project
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Greenpeace
Human Rights Watch
Mosquito Fleet
National Lawyers Guild
Natural Resources Defense Council
Palestine Legal
Portland Rising Tide
Public Citizen
Rainforest Action Network
Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists
Democracy depends on those who are willing to speak truth to power. Let's speak up together: we want to hear your stories and your ideas for ending SLAPPs. Please contact us through the form below or at info@protecttheprotest.org. (Note: Members of the Protect the Protest task force commit to the shared goal of ending SLAPPs. Individual members do not necessarily endorse or participate in every action conducted in the name of the task force.)

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.

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STATES WITH ANTI-SLAPP LAWS
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FEDERAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST SLAPPS
$300 mil
DAMAGES REQUESTED IN RECENT SLAPP AGAINST GREENPEACE