Leader del consiglio riformista accusato di tentativo “autoritario” di mettere a tacere l’opposizione
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/09/leader-of-reform-run-council-jo-monk-accused-of-authoritarian-attempt-to-silence-opposition?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
di topotaul
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I thought they were the party of “free speech”?
They really do seem like a bunch of children.
> The letter, seen by the Guardian, demanded Kimberley stop publishing or sharing “videos, posts or commentary” about the Reform leader and the wider Reform party.
> Kimberley denied the claims and told the Guardian there was no legal basis for the demands, adding the letter was written as if “**someone fed into ChatGPT ‘write me an angry legal letter**’”.
Probably was, on council time.
We really could do with some “Strategic lawsuit against public participation” (SLAPP) laws in this country.
>Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits),[1] or strategic litigation against public participation,[2] are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.[3]
>In a typical SLAPP, the plaintiff does not normally expect to win the lawsuit. The plaintiff’s goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs, or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism.[4] In some cases, particularly in the context of investigative journalism, repeated frivolous litigation against a defendant may raise the cost of directors and officers and other liability insurance for that party, interfering with an organization’s ability to operate.[5][6] A SLAPP may also intimidate others from participating in the debate. A SLAPP is often preceded by a legal threat. SLAPPs bring about freedom of speech concerns due to their chilling effect and are often difficult to filter out and penalize because the plaintiffs attempt to obfuscate their intent to censor, intimidate, or silence their critics