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On 2025-07-27 07:02, AlleyCat wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 16:17:05 -0400, -hh says...
"Florida does have an anti-SLAPP law. Florida Statute §768.295, enacted
in 2000 and expanded in 2015, protects individuals from lawsuits brought
against them for exercising their right to free speech on public issues,
as well as their rights to assemble, petition the government, and
instruct representatives."
Does it say anything about libel?
Defamation?
Slander?
You should really do your homework, Phil?
'(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to protect the right in Florida
to exercise the rights of free speech in connection with public issues,
and the rights to peacefully assemble, instruct representatives, and
petition for redress of grievances before the various governmental
entities of this state as protected by the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution and s. 5, Art. I of the State Constitution. It is
the public policy of this state that a person or governmental entity not
engage in SLAPP suits because such actions are inconsistent with the
right of persons to exercise such constitutional rights of free speech
in connection with public issues. Therefore, the Legislature finds and
declares that prohibiting such lawsuits as herein described will
preserve this fundamental state policy, preserve the constitutional
rights of persons in Florida, and assure the continuation of
representative government in this state. It is the intent of the
Legislature that such lawsuits be expeditiously disposed of by the courts.'
'(a) “Free speech in connection with public issues” means any written or oral statement that is protected under applicable law and is made before
a governmental entity in connection with an issue under consideration or
review by a governmental entity, or is made in or in connection with a
play, movie, television program, radio broadcast, audiovisual work,
book, magazine article, musical work, news report, or other similar work.'
So, yeah.
It does.
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