Spurious legal action for defamation: Let us Italian call them SLAPPS too

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March 20th 2026 – For what reasons will Ossigeno currently use the English term SLAPP to indicate the phenomenon of frivolous complaints

Italy. Intimidation of journalists by formal complaints for violations of ethical standards

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March 12th, 2026 –There has been an increase in the number of these complaints, which regional associations of journalists generally dismiss as unfounded

Italy. Bomb at Ranucci home. A brazen attack that cannot go unpunished, says Ossigeno

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17 oct 2025 - Hoping that solidarity will be concrete, lasting and without distinction and will also help many other journalists who are under threat

Italy. A landmark ruling: threats to journalists disrupt a public service

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5 jul 2025 - The Foggia sentence - Lawyer Di Pietro: a step forward for the protection of journalists and for the safeguarding of press freedom

Spyware. In Italy the Paragon scandal is widening but a dense fog surrounds

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28 jun 2025 - Why the solution is being entrusted to the judiciary, the European Union and potentially, the European Court of Human Rights

Italy. Court dismisses 3 more lawsuits from priest convicted of sexual violence

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24 jun 2025 - For Ossigeno, this incongruous legal case clearly demonstrates everything is wrong with Italian defamation law

Italy. Not even President of the Republic call dented the silence on journalists threatened

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Sept 20, 2024 - Each year only a dozen of incidents out of thousands occurred and documented is reported by media - What part remains not speaken

Florence. Judicial search of a reporter and his editorial office. Protest of Ossigeno

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6 Aug 2024 - These invasive initiatives are inconsistent with the rulings of the the European Court of Human Rights, as the Italian Constitutional Court stated 

The 2024 RSW Press Freedom Index.  Italy is really so back all major UE country?

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7th  May 2024 - Ossigeno criticisms  on a rankings of individual countries based on opinion polls and unverifiable assessments instead of collections of news

Italy. Hot summer is arriving and our problems are increasing

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UE Commission waters down Media Freedon Act, anti-lawsuit bill are asleep in the parliament - UNESCO's alarm