# chilling effect

> discouragement of exercising rights by threats of legal sanctions

**Wikidata**: [Q1072991](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1072991)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/chilling-effect


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Chilling effect - RationalWiki](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Chilling_effect)