Since 2016, Maria Ressa and her team of journalists at the Philippines-based news site Rappler — which she co-founded and serves as executive editor — have been squarely in the cross-ha…
, with Ressa’s plight taking center stage. Currently, she faces two cyber libel cases, one for which she was convicted in June and carries a sentence of up to six years in jail. In July, she pleaded “not guilty” to charges of tax evasion.
“In four years time, I’ve learned that the way to handle this is to keep doing our jobs and that’s part of the reason, every time I feel like I’m not doing my job, I work harder,” she says. “The more the government harasses me and Rappler and other journalists, the more I think, ‘We must be missing a story… What are we missing that they don’t want us to find?’”
“In the Philippines, 100 percent of Filipinos on the internet are on Facebook. So Facebook is our internet, but their algorithms are selective,” she observes. “They don’t actually just give you the facts. They’re not passive [in what] they choose and what they choose, inevitably, are lies laced with anger and hate. This is emotional manipulation.”
It’s a reality she has grappled and made her peace with. In her commencement speech to Princeton University’s class of 2020, she told young graduates to do what she has done to cope: embrace her fear.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa: 'Journalism Is Activism''In a battle for facts, in a battle for truth, journalism is activism,' says Philippine journalist Maria Ressa. A film focuses on how Ressa — who faces the possibility of jail — navigates President Rodrigo Duterte's attacks on the press.
続きを読む »
Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa: 'Journalism Is Activism''In a battle for facts, in a battle for truth, journalism is activism,' says Philippine journalist Maria Ressa. A film focuses on how Ressa — who faces the possibility of jail — navigates President Rodrigo Duterte's attacks on the press.
続きを読む »
NBA Launches Foundation To Support Black Communities, Contributing $300 MilThe NBA is continuing to walk the walk in the fight for social justice.
続きを読む »
Facebook and Twitter sanction Trump for post claiming kids are ‘virtually immune’ to coronavirusFacebook removed a post from President Trump’s account for spreading misinformation on Covid19, the first time the social media giant has done so related to the coronavirus pandemic
続きを読む »
Courtney Stodden posts underwear pic, talks 'living in hell' to achieve perfection onlineCourtney Stodden Posts Underwear Pic, Talks 'Living In Hell' To Achieve Perfection Online (via Fox411)
続きを読む »