SPEECH Act
2010 U.S. law limiting foreign defamation cases / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage (SPEECH) Act is a 2010 federal statutory law in the United States that makes foreign libel judgments unenforceable in U.S. courts, unless either the foreign legislation applied offers at least as much protection as the U.S. First Amendment (concerning freedom of speech), or the defendant would have been found liable even if the case had been heard under U.S. law.
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Long title | An Act to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer services |
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Nicknames | SPEECH Act |
Enacted by | the 111th United States Congress |
Effective | August 10, 2010 |
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Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–223 (text) (PDF) |
Statutes at Large | 124 Stat. 2380–2384 |
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U.S.C. sections created | 28 U.S.C. §§ 4101–4105 |
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The act was passed by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama.