1/ 🧵 #Serbia's thin-skinned president Aleksandar #Vučić, who controls nearly the entire media spectrum, just filed a SLAPP against 2 journalists for a documentary series that aired three years ago in February 2020 on N1. n1info.rs/vesti/vucic-tu…
2/ Vučić claims that the defendants "caused him serious spiritual pain and suffering" and hurt his "highly ranked image and honor". He claims he felt "fear of a high intensity", and that the series was a media coup against the president. nova.rs/vesti/politika…
3/ The suit alleges that the journalists characterized Vučić as "arrogant", a "sick man", "uneducated", "rude", "manipulative", a "man who doesn't speak the truth", etc. Those seem like accurate descriptions that can be backed up with empirical evidence. What is he upset about? 
4/ This is Vučić's latest effort to crack down on independent media. Will the European Union or the United States alter their current policies in an effort to support media freedom and free speech? Hahahahah. Of course not.
5/ Vučić's suit doesn't contain a single item that would be found acceptable by a court in any country other than North Korea, Russia, or China. This should be considered a SLAPP.
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