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Journalism Under Pressure: Impressions from the b° future festival 2025 in Bonn

The festival made clear: The challenges facing free journalism in Europe are real and multifaceted. At the same time, the intensive exchange between media professionals from different countries showed that strategies, networks, and support structures exist. The work of the No SLAPP Contact Point fits into this larger context – as a concrete resource for those in Germany who are being silenced through abusive lawsuits.

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Philipp Wissing Philipp Wissing

Democracy Under Pressure: Insights from German conference on public spheres

The conference offered important theoretical perspectives on phenomena that the No SLAPP Contact Point confronts daily in its practical work. The discussions made clear that SLAPP lawsuits cannot be understood as an isolated legal problem but as part of a broader development in which democratic public spheres are increasingly under pressure. The systematic analysis of actors, strategies, and power structures helps us understand why protection against abusive lawsuits is so important: it's not just about individual victims but about defending democratic discourse space itself.

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