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		sidewndr46 on June 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Publishers carpet-bomb IPFS gateway operators with... Doesn't the plaintiff have to be the government for a lawsuit to be a "SLAPP" suit?

schlauerfox on June 25, 2023 | [–]

These are different state by state, but Anti-SLAPP is meant to protect from vexatious litigants, that is someone rich threatening to sue you to shut you up. I'm not a lawyer, I just listen to Serious Trouble podcast.

KptMarchewa on June 26, 2023 | | [–]

No.

SAI_Peregrinus on June 26, 2023 | [–]

No.

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