✋ It’s a SLAPP! 🤔 Why debate when you can silence with a lawsuit? Stella O’Malley and her organisation Genspect are doing just this in threatening to sue fellow psychotherapist Leonie O’Dowd over an article in the Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy. 👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...

⚠️ 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

📊 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

🌍 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

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

🔴 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...

🖐️ 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

🚨 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

💥 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....

🔴 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...

🏆 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...

🎭 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

📣 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 👇

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!

Last week, activists and organisations across Europe came together to say: #HandsOffOurSpeech ✊ www.theguardian.com/environment/... Here's what happened. ⬇️

🚨 US billionaires are silencing climate activists and watchdogs. EU countries have the power to stop this but aren’t 🤔 Their bully lawsuits aren’t just silencing voices — they’re rigging the system for the powerful. ✋ Today 40+ orgs come together to say: #HandsOffOurSpeech #TimetoResist

What if the Grand Duchess Charlotte had been silenced? 🤐 This morning, we gagged the statue of the Grand Duchess Charlotte to denounce the growing number of SLAPPs – abusive lawsuits used to silence us. 📣 We stand with all those fighting for democracy across Europe today. #StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist

📢 Today, @greenpeace.org meets US oil giant Energy Transfer in a Dutch court in a first big test of the EU anti-SLAPP law. ET's bully lawsuit aims to punish solidarity with the indigenous led Standing Rock movement. 40+ orgs across Europe say: #HandsOffOurSpeech #StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist

📣 #HandsOffOurSpeech! Join us for a European Day of Action on Wednesday, 2nd July. Over 30 organisations in 11 countries will defend the right to speak out! Find out more here: www.themovementhub.org/events-cal/e... #StopSLAPPs #TimeToResist

📢 Calling Polish environmental defenders! 😶 On June 30, @clidef.bsky.social is hosting a webinar bringing together leading experts to discuss how #SLAPPs are currently impacting climate action in Poland. More info + register here 👉 www.climatelegaldefense.org/resources/po... #StopSLAPPs

Monday reminder ⏰ 🤔 Do you need help with a #SLAPP? From legal advice to campaigns support, the CASE coalition is here for you. Get in touch via our report a SLAPP form here 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #StopSLAPPs

SLAPP Addict of the Year, oil giant ENI, is at it again. Today, climate activist Michele Giuli goes on trial for "aggravated defamation" for statements made about the company. Speaking out in the public interest is not a crime. Solidarity with Michele. #StopSLAPPs @balcanicaucaso.org

🤔 Are you facing a SLAPP? 🔍 Next week when @indexoncensorship.org will launch their new “Am I Facing a SLAPP?” tool. Join their online event to learn how to use the tool and more 👇 www.indexoncensorship.org/am-i-facing-...

🔴 Just over a year since the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive was adopted, reports suggest that some Member States are falling short. Do we have reason to worry? 🗞️ Zuzanna Nowicka explores the law's major fault lines and how countries might effect a thoughtful transposition 👇 eulawlive.com/op-ed-the-an...

🚨 Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni is suing comedian Daniele Fabbri for calling her "stinky" and for satirical remarks made on a podcast 🤦 ⚠️ The case bears all the hallmarks of a SLAPP and raises serious concerns for free speech The CASE & @balcanicaucaso.org stand with Daniele #StopSLAPPs

The trial of those suspected of supplying the bomb which killed Daphne Caruana Galizia has begun today. CASE welcomes this long-overdue trial, recognising its crucial importance for justice and the protection of journalists throughout Europe.

🎉 Big win for press freedom in Greece! A Greek court has thrown out a SLAPP lawsuit targeting journalists from Reporters United & EfSyn for reporting on the PM’s nephew, Grigoris Dimitriadis', connections to a spyware scandal 🕵️‍♂️ 📢 Journalism is not a crime. #StopSLAPPs ipi.media/greece-inves...

🫢 #SLAPPs continue to undermine public interest journalism in Europe Join @casecoalition.bsky.social, @unhumanrights.bsky.social & @coe.int to discuss responses and explore next steps 📅 5 May | 14:00–16:00 📍Press Club Brussels Europe 📝 Register by 30 April: shorturl.at/4rs76 #WorldPressFreedomDay

🎭 Last week the #EuropeanSLAPPContest 2025 crowned its winners. 🗞️ If you couldn't watch live or attend in person, relive the highlights and discover the winners here 👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/from-... #StopSLAPPs

On 27 May, Index will launch our Am I Facing a SLAPP? toolkit, designed to support anyone who is facing legal threats or actions and wants to know if their experience could amount to a SLAPP. Join us, register here: www.indexoncensorship.org/events/am-i-... #StoppSLAPPs @casecoalition.bsky.social

🚨 Stitch incoming! 🔴 The #EUSLAPPContest is LIVE! Tune in as we roll out the red carpet and celebrate the creativity and unrelenting zeal of Europe's biggest legal bullies 🎭 🎥 Watch now 👇 💬 Join the conversation: #EuropeanSLAPPContest #StopSLAPPs

✋ 5 years ago, we founded @casecoalition.bsky.social to fight SLAPPs in Europe. ⚖️ Since then, we’ve pushed the EU & Council of Europe to establish strong legal instruments to #StopSLAPPs. This week in Brussels, we’re planning next steps. The mission: strong national protections 💪

🚨 Tomorrow, we turn the spotlight Europe's most committed legal bullies! 🏆 Who will take home a trophy for their tireless efforts in silencing criticism at the #EuropeanSLAPPContest 2025? 🎞️🎥 Tune in LIVE at 19h CET to find out: youtube.com/live/e149PFs... #StopSLAPPs

🫢 Some politicians use their power to silence critics. Well let’s make some noise! 💥 🗳️ Vote Rachida Dati, Robert Fico, or Aleksander Šapić for People's Choice in the #EuropeanSLAPPContest and put their legal bullying in the spotlight 👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/the-p... 🔜 Vote closes 00h00, 6 April

It's that time again! The @casecoalition.bsky.social SLAPP Awards are just around the corner, and that means it's time to vote for your favourite bullies using frivolous lawsuits to shut down free speech and public participation. Guess who we'll be voting for... 😜 Cast your vote 👉 act.gp/4jgx3vP

🫣 Dismayed by oil giants and big polluters using legal bullying to silence their critics? 🔥 🗳️ Cast your vote for Energy Transfer, Clean Tech International, or Croatian Forests Ltd as the "People's Choice" in the 2025 #EuropeanSLAPPContest and reap revenge! 🎭 ➡️ www.the-case.eu/latest/the-p...

📣 We can’t bite our tongues any longer! (When do we ever? 😉) 🎭 The razor-sharp @chloemiko.bsky.social is hosting this year’s #EuropeanSLAPPContest, making sure our SLAPP bullies step out of the shadows and into the spotlight. 🎥 Tune in LIVE April 8, 19h CET! 🍿 #StopSLAPPs

✏️ Dear billionaire bullies, paranoid politicians & ethically challenged lawyers... 🏆 You've made the shortlist, but are you ready to step up on stage and receive your award along with all the recognition you deserve? www.the-case.eu/latest/the-e... We dare you! #EuropeanSLAPPContest

🚨 The @liberties.eu Europe Rule of Law Report 2025 highlights escalating threats to media freedom across Europe, with increased political control over public service media and growing repression of journalists, including through SLAPPs 👇 #StopSLAPPs

Check it out 👀👇 💻 A new website was just launched by the Polish anti-SLAPP Working Group to support the fight against #SLAPPs in #Poland 🇵🇱 and beyond 🚀

🚀 Launching the #EuropeanSLAPPContest People’s Choice Award! 🏆 You've seen the shortlist 👇 now its YOUR chance to crown 2025’s most shameless legal bully! 🎭 🗳️ VOTE NOW 👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/the-p...

💥 Announcing the Shortlist for the European SLAPP Contest 2025! 🏆 🥁 After much deliberation, we are thrilled to reveal the shortlisted candidates per category for this year's #EuropeanSLAPPContest — a prestigious award that recognises Europe's most committed legal bullies 👇 #StopSLAPPs

📢 "The Energy Transfer case against @greenpeace.org is among the most absurd, shameless, and transparently abusive SLAPPs we have encountered." 👀 Read the our response to the verdict in Energy Transfer’s SLAPP suit against Greenpeace 👉 www.the-case.eu/latest/case-...

You can’t sue a rainbow 🌈 No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎 #WeWillNotBeSilenced

⏳ In 3 weeks, the #EuropeanSLAPPContest will be back to shine its spotlight on the continent's biggest legal bullies 🏆 Meet our jury 👉 the-case.eu/latest/the-e... 🔸 @manonaubryfr.bsky.social 🔸 @danielfreund.bsky.social 🔸 @vostrihonova.bsky.social 🔸 David Casa MEP 🔸 Sandro Ruotolo MEP #StopSLAPPs

🔴 Our Gallery of Shame has a new member! 🧐 Greek property developer, Angelos Michalopoulos is using SLAPPs to silence the critics pointing out the damage his projects are causing. 👀 Check it out and share to #StandWithSaveIos 👉 www.the-case.eu/gallery-of-s...

🫣 Energy Transfer’s meritless, back-to-back lawsuits against Greenpeace in the US since 2017 are perhaps the world’s most brazen examples of a SLAPP 📢 We join them in sending a clear message to Big Oil bullies: intimidation tactics won’t work #StopSLAPPs #WeWillNotBeSilenced

✨ We are cooking up something extra special this year. 👁️👁️ With SLAPPs on the rise across Europe, we will be shining the spotlight exactly where it needs to be: on Europe's most committed legal bullies. Stay tuned! 📅 8 April 📽️ Live on socials #EuropeanSLAPPContest

🟢 The #EuropeanSLAPPContest is back in just six weeks! 🏆 In 2024, Bulgarian insurance company Lev Ins won the highly coveted "Corporate Bully of the Year" award 🤔👇 Oddly, they didn't seem very enthusiastic about receiving it… www.youtube.com/shorts/fPoIO...