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Anti-SLAPP : professor goes free after vexatious and frivolous suit

Dirk Voorhoof (UGent)
(2022) Inforrm's Blog - The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog.
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It is rare in Belgium for people who take part in the public debate, such as journalists and academics, to have to defend themselves in criminal court in a private prosecution for defa-mation. Three times in a row, this type of criminal procedure has recently proven to have little or no chance of success and mainly serves to legally harass the defendant. A recent judgment acquitting virologist Marc Van Ranst for defamation therefore condemned the plaintiff for vexatious and frivolous litigation.
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Freedom of expression, abusive litigation, criminal defamation, SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation), anti vax

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MLA
Voorhoof, Dirk. “Anti-SLAPP : Professor Goes Free after Vexatious and Frivolous Suit.” Inforrm’s Blog - The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog, no. 04/01/2022, The International Forum for Responsible Media, 2022.
APA
Voorhoof, D. (2022). Anti-SLAPP : professor goes free after vexatious and frivolous suit. London: The International Forum for Responsible Media.
Chicago author-date
Voorhoof, Dirk. 2022. “Anti-SLAPP : Professor Goes Free after Vexatious and Frivolous Suit.” Inforrm’s Blog - The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog. London: The International Forum for Responsible Media.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Voorhoof, Dirk. 2022. “Anti-SLAPP : Professor Goes Free after Vexatious and Frivolous Suit.” Inforrm’s Blog - The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog. London: The International Forum for Responsible Media.
Vancouver
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Voorhoof D. Anti-SLAPP : professor goes free after vexatious and frivolous suit. Inforrm’s Blog - The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog. London: The International Forum for Responsible Media; 2022.
IEEE
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D. Voorhoof, “Anti-SLAPP : professor goes free after vexatious and frivolous suit,” Inforrm’s Blog - The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog, no. 04/01/2022. The International Forum for Responsible Media, London, 2022.
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  abstract     = {{It is rare in Belgium for people who take part in the public debate, such as journalists and academics, to have to defend themselves in criminal court in a private prosecution for defa-mation. Three times in a row, this type of criminal procedure has recently proven to have little or no chance of success and mainly serves to legally harass the defendant. A recent judgment acquitting virologist Marc Van Ranst for defamation therefore condemned the plaintiff for vexatious and frivolous litigation.}},
  author       = {{Voorhoof, Dirk}},
  keywords     = {{Freedom of expression,abusive litigation,criminal defamation,SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation),anti vax}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{04/01/2022}},
  pages        = {{2}},
  publisher    = {{The International Forum for Responsible Media}},
  series       = {{Inforrm's Blog - The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog}},
  title        = {{Anti-SLAPP : professor goes free after vexatious and frivolous suit}},
  url          = {{https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications/anti-slapp-professor-goes-free-after-vexatious-and-frivolous-suit/}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}