Since its unanimous passage in 2011, the TCPA has disposed of innumerable meritless lawsuits filed in retaliation for Texans exercising their First Amendment rights to speak freely, to petition, and to associate. The TCPA is often referred to as the Anti-SLAPP statute (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation).
The TCPA has been used to protect countless individuals, organizations and public officials including: domestic violence victims; online commenters; people who report wrongdoing to police, the media, or the government; candidates for public office; investigative reporting; law enforcement; and more, when meritless lawsuits have been filed against them for exercising their First Amendment rights.
The TCPA has served as a national model for several other states and organizations which have passed similar legislation that’s been signed into law since 2011.
ACLU of Texas
Americans for Prosperity-Texas
Better Business Bureau serving Texas
Center for Biological Diversity
Committee to Protect Journalists
Common Cause
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Electronic Frontier Foundation
First Amendment Coalition
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Institute for Free Speech
Institute for Justice
International Association of Better Business Bureaus
International Documentary Assn.
Inter American Press Association
League of Women Voters
Media Law Resource Center
Motion Picture Association, Inc.
National Coalition Against Censorship
National Freedom of Information Coalition
National Newspaper Association
National Press Club Journalism Institute
National Press Photographers Association
National Right to Life
National Taxpayers Union
News Media Alliance
PEN America
Public Citizen
Public Participation Project
Radio Television Digital News Association
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
RightsCon
Society of Professional Journalists
Student Press Law Center
Texas Association of Broadcasters
Texas Press Association
The Authors Guild
The Center for Investigative Reporting, d/b/a Reveal
The Media Institute
The National Press Club
The News Leaders Association
True Texas Project
Yelp!
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., d/b/a ABC News
Associated Press
Atlantic Monthly Group LLC
Axios Media Inc.
Beaumont Enterprise
BuzzFeed, Inc. d/b/a HuffPost and BuzzFeed News
Cable News Network, Inc.
Cox Media Group
Dallas Morning News, Inc.
Dow Jones & Company, Inc., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s
El Paso Matters
Forbes Media LLC
Fox Television Stations, LLC d/b/a KDFW Fox 4 Dallas; KRIV Fox 26 Houston; KTBC Fox 7 Austin
Gannett Co., Inc., the publisher of USA TODAY, Abilene Reporter-News, Amarillo Globe News, Austin American Statesman, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, El Paso Times, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, San Angelo Standard-Times, Times Record News, Wichita Falls
Graham Media Group, Houston, Inc. d/b/a KPRC-TV
Graham Media Group, San Antonio, Inc. d/b/a KSAT-TV
Gray Media Group, Inc. d/b/a KBTX, Bryan; KFDA, Amarillo; KLTV/KTRE, Tyler- Lufkin; KOSA, Midland; KSWO, Lawton (Oklahoma) -Wichita Falls; KWTX, Waco; KXII, Sherman
Hartman Newspapers d/b/a Brenham Banner-Press, Fort Bend Herald, El Campo Leader-News, Wharton Journal-Spectator, East Bernard Express, Alvin Sun-Advertiser, Rockport Pilot, Kaufman Herald
Hearst Corporation
Houston Chronicle
KXAS-TV
KTRK Television, Inc.
Laredo Morning Times
Las Vegas Review Journal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
New York Times Company
Nexstar d/b/a KXAN-TV, KWKT-TV, KFDX-TV, KETK-TV, KDAF, KTAL-TV, KVEO-TV, KTSM-TV, KMID, KAMR-TV, KLBK-TV, KLST, KTAB-TV, KPEJ-TV, KRBC-TV, KFXK-TV, KSAN-TV, KGBT-TV, KYLE-TV, KTPN-LD, KBVO-CD, KSHV-TV, KNVA, KCIT, KJTL, KJBO-LD, KAMC, KTVX, WKRN-TV, WVLA-TV, KMSS-TV, KCPN-LD
Penguin Random House LLC
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pro Publica, Inc.
Salem Media
San Antonio Express-News
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. d/b/a KTXS, Abilene; KVII, Amarillo; KEYE, Austin; KFDM/KBTV, Beaumont; KSCC, Corpus Christi; KFOX/KDBC, El Paso; WOAI/KABB, San Antonio
TEGNA Inc.
Texas Tribune
The Washington Post
