Participants at the 2025 Gershowitz Conference on Media and Governance explored the complex relationship between legal systems and wealthy elites in silencing critical journalism. As courts increasingly become battlegrounds for press autonomy, the conference reviewed the legal, ethical, and democratic implications of court-driven media suppression in contemporary democracies.
Court-driven efforts are a primary tool used to undermine press freedom globally, with a marked increase in the use of vague national security laws, criminal defamation charges, and Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to silence journalists. The use of the judiciary as a political weapon has contributed to global press freedom reaching a historic low in 2025. Here are the excerpts of the 13th Gershowitz Conference Repo
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