Un article du magazine The Economist (10 janvier 2009, page 52) intitulé “Writ Large” traite de la question des poursuites bâillons internationales dans les cours de la Grande Bretagne. La liberté d’expression n’y est pas aussi forte et les frais d’ester en justice y sont fort élevés. En effet, selon cet hebdomadaire britannique, les américains en sont à étudier la question :
Now the campaign has moved to the American Congress. A bill introduced into the House of Representatives last year by Steve Cohen, a Democrat, sailed through an early vote but stood no chance of becoming law. A much tougher version submitted to the Senate, the Free Speech Protection Act, also gives American-based litigants an additional right to countersue for harassment. The bills have been strongly supported by lobby groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, which fear that the protections offered by the First Amendment are being infringed by the unfettered use of libel law in non-American jurisdictions.
Nous pouvons y voir un lien avec les “SLAPP” (“Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation”) qui signifie poursuite stratégique contre la mobilisation publique.
