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SLAPP Suits: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains SLAPP suits, lawsuits designed to silence critics through legal costs, after his show's legal fight with coal executive Bob Murray. It covers how such suits work and why state anti-SLAPP laws matter.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it whenever legal threats against critics or open-source authors come up, often as the best accessible primer on SLAPP suits.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- LastWeekTonight
- Topic
- slapp lawsuits
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2021
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From the original HN conversations
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SLAPP suits (acronym for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) are designed to shut up critics, plain and simple. They're not designed to be won, they're designed to be an annoyance to those that are being sued, dragged on as much as possible, and incur as …
input_sh on Hacker News · 2021-04
In EFF sues Proctorio on behalf of student falsely DMCA'dIf you haven't already seen them, John Oliver's Last Week Tonight episodes on Murray are great watches. [LINK] [VIDEO]
notpiika on Hacker News · 2020-10
In Bob Murray, Who Fought Regulations as a Coal Operator, Files for Lung Benefits
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