According to PACE’s Culture Committee, there is an urgent need for all Council of Europe member states to act together against SLAPPs – frivolous, vexatious, or malicious legal proceedings that aim to intimidate, harass, or silence their targets, thus threatening the public. European governments should enact powers to dismiss manifestly unfounded or abusive litigation, require litigants to prove that their action is not a SLAPP, consolidate multiple proceedings against the same publication, and levy fines for abusive lawsuits. Read more here.
Source: Parliamentary Assembly