I think the answer is to make legal aid available for libel cases. Then the merits of any claim would be assessed first by the Legal Aid agency, filtering out any vexatious claims or attempts to censor important stories and if the claim is successful, the legal aid costs would be reimbursed by the media organisation.
Of course, we also need to increase Legal Aid to a level where solicitors can survive doing such work but that's another matter.
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