Help us spread the word about our new report, “Anti-SLAPP Statutes: A Report Card,” by using our social media toolkit and graphics below. Feel free to craft your own message and be sure to tag us on @InstFreeSpeech and use the hashtag #antiSLAPPreportcard.
Please note that the report page will not go live until Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 9:00 AM ET.
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Tweet 1: Anti-SLAPP statutes prevent abuse of the legal system by providing additional defenses to those who are sued for exercising their First Amendment rights. @InstFreeSpeech’s new #antiSLAPPreportcard surveys each jurisdiction’s anti-SLAPP laws. How did your state do? https://www.ifs.org/anti-slapp-report/
Tweet 2: Anti-SLAPP statutes protect us from unscrupulous litigants who use litigation to suppress or punish speech they dislike. Fortunately, 34 jurisdictions now have a functioning anti-SLAPP statute. Check out @InstFreeSpeech’s #antiSLAPPreportcard here: https://www.ifs.org/anti-slapp-report/
Tweet 3: A new @InstFreeSpeech report summarizes and evaluates anti-SLAPP statutes across the country. How did your state do?. Find out here, in the new #antiSLAPPreportcard: https://www.ifs.org/anti-slapp-report/
Tweet 4: Does your state make the grade when it comes to protecting speakers from lawsuits designed to shut down #freespeech? Find out in @InstFreeSpeech’s new #antiSLAPPreportcard, available HERE: https://www.ifs.org/anti-slapp-report/
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Post 1: Anti-SLAPP statutes are designed to address a structural problem within American law: an unscrupulous litigant can use litigation strategically to suppress or punish speech he or she dislikes. Anti-SLAPP statutes attempt to protect speakers from such lawsuits. The @Institute for Free Speech’s new report surveys the anti-SLAPP laws of 51 jurisdictions, six of which received an A+. What grade did your state earn? https://www.ifs.org/anti-slapp-report/
Post 2: Anti-SLAPP statutes prevent abuse of the legal system by providing additional defenses to those who are sued for exercising their First Amendment rights. The @Institute for Free Speech surveyed each state’s anti-SLAPP laws in a new report. For the first time in the nation’s history, over 50% of the population now resides in a jurisdiction with a good anti-SLAPP law, meaning a grade of “B” or better. Find out more about the importance of these laws and how they were graded here: https://www.ifs.org/anti-slapp-report/
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