Mensah talks SLAPP on the Tech Policy Podcast

R Street policy intern Moriah Mensah sat down recently with Evan Swarztrauber, the host of TechFreedom’s Tech Policy Podcast, to discuss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and public policy efforts to curtail them. The full discussion about state anti-SLAPP laws and proposals to create a federal version is embedded below. 

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