> Government vows to stop Russian oligarchs ‘abusing’ British courts. Dominic Raab said the government was ‘taking action’ to end the ‘bullying’ to ‘protect our free press’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-ukrain...
> UK vows to stop the super-rich using courts to silence critics
This is completely untrue, as you can confirm by googling.
The UK has historically had a problem with overly restrictive libel laws and libel tourism, but that point can be made without making statements that are obviously false.
> The First Amendment to the US Constitution provides almost absolute protection to freedom of expression. By contrast, European and EU law curtails the right to freedom of expression. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/7728...
That's funny as we see what happens regularly to people trying to exercise their free speech right against a small country in the middle east.
Also, on a minor note, this is an article about something that happened in the UK. An American viewpoint is as valid as any other, but it's not the most relevant here.