What is the test for whether a statement is a matter of public interest?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ra v. Van Bemmel, B285133 (Cal. App. 2019):
also a matter of public interest within the meaning of section 425.16, subdivision (e)(3) or (4)."6 (See Wilbanks v. Wolk (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 883, 898 ["it is not enough that the statement refer to a subject of widespread public interest; the statement must in some manner itself contribute to the public debate"].)
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