Does the anti-SLAPP statute protect freedom of speech made in connection with a matter of public interest?

The anti-SLAPP statute does protect the exercise of freedom of speech made in connection with a matter of public interest. ( 425.16, subd. (e)(3), (4).) To rise to the level of a public interest, the matter should be of concern to a substantial number of people; the focus of the conduct should be a matter of public concern, not private controversy; and the assertion of a broad and amorphous public interest is insufficient. (Hailstone v. Martinez (2008) 169 Cal.App.4th 728, 736.)