Director @FPCThinkTank + Co-chair of the UK Anti-#SLAPP Coalition. Also board member for @CFoIScot. Formerly @ARTICLE19org + @ECPMF.
Mar 17, 2022 • 21 tweets • 23 min read
#SLAPPs 🧵: Deputy PM @DominicRaab is due to announce TODAY a consultation (open till 19 May) on proposals to address SLAPPs in the #UK, in order to prevent the misuse of laws to suppress acts of public participation 1/ independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
This goes further than the expected announcement for a 'call for evidence' that was rumoured a week ago, when Foreign Secretary @trussliz also reportedly "told government lawyers to “find literally any way” to crack down on #SLAPPs" 2/ theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
Mar 16, 2022 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Delighted to have contributed to this timely report on #SLAPPs in #Europe, which cites some of @FPCThinkTank's Unsafe for Scrutiny's research findings, incl. the #UK as a leading transnational source of legal threats against journalists uncovering financial crime & corruption ⤵️
This finding was drawn from @FPCThinkTank's global survey conducted in 2020 w/ 63 investigative journalists in 41 countries, who also reported that legal threats were most challenging to respond to (more so than physical or digital attack). @JFJfund@OCCRPfpc.org.uk/publications/u…
