Is a website accessible to the public a public forum for purposes of the anti-SLAPP statute?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Sacks v. Haslet, D072372 (Cal. App. 2018):

The courts have consistently recognized that websites accessible to the public qualify as public forums for purposes of the anti-SLAPP statute. (See Barrett v.

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