Tag: media reform
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No media reform is valuable without the principle of litigation symmetry
Yesterday, EPP and PN MEP David Casa made a very valid point on the media reform that the government wants to bulldoze forward without any consultation. David Casa said that EU anti-SLAPP law should be incorporated into local law to reflect local cases, but I would go even further. David Casa’s proposals also align with…
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David Calls calls on government to embed EU Anti-SLAPP Directive in local law
EPP and PN MEP David Casa is calling on the government to embed the EU’s anti-SLAPP legislation more extensively into local law, not simply by transposing the Directive, but also by extending it to domestic cases. This would mean that procedural protections available in cross-border SLAPP cases would also apply when both the claimant and…
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The Nationalist Party publishes amendments to the government’s anti-SLAPP reform on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
The Nationalist Opposition has proposed amendments to the government’s newly introduced anti-SLAPP measures following the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive dubbed as “Daphne’s Law”. The motion, which was tabled in parliament last week, is proposing to amend the government’s legal amendments to make the anti-SLAPP provisions more protective of journalists and their free speech. The amendments propose…