Communication, Media and Information Law

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Session Type: Section Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Room: Grand Salon Section 10

Floor: First Floor

This panel examines how defamation lawsuits, regulatory retaliation, and other legal and political threats by the government have been wielded as tools of “lawfare” against the press. Panelists will explore how such tactics chill reporting, pressure news organizations, and provoke capitulation that undermines press freedom. The discussion will situate these developments in the broader history of press–government conflict while assessing their implications for democratic accountability and the future of a free press.