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It can be extortion, if it's a SLAPP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsu
by wavefunction 8y ago
It can be extortion, if it's a SLAPP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ...
- tinus_hn 8y agoNote that the page you linked does not mention extortion. Anti-SLAPP provisions protect people from SLAPP by making these suits short, dangerous to the party filing the suit or favorable to the defending party.
- twblalock 8y agoIf SLAPP lawsuits were extortion, they would have already been illegal and anti-SLAPP legislation would not have been necessary. Such legislation is about preventing companies from using lawsuits to suppress free speech.