What are the Biggest Threats to Press Freedom? An Exclusive Chat with Maria Ressa | Philippines
- 3 years ago
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The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO awarded its annual Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2021 to the Filipino journalist Maria Ressa. Ressa’s reporting has made her a target of her country’s judiciary and online hate campaigns. Maria has been subject to a sustained campaign of gendered online abuse, threats, and harassment, and as the jury said Her case is emblematic of global trends that represent a real threat to press freedom and therefore to democracy. Ressa was named Time’s person of the year in 2018.
In an exclusive conversation with The Wire, Ms Ressa spoke with Mitali Mukherjee about the biggest threat to free press and democracies.
Ressa’s news website Rappler has consistently shone the light on critical features of the Duterte government, for which she has been targeted with hate speech online. Ms Ressa pointed out that hate speech and disinformation spread faster than facts on social media. Social Media platforms affect the way we think, act and the health of our democracies she said, and that is what makes the role of independent journalism even more crucial.
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The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO awarded its annual Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2021 to the Filipino journalist Maria Ressa. Ressa’s reporting has made her a target of her country’s judiciary and online hate campaigns. Maria has been subject to a sustained campaign of gendered online abuse, threats, and harassment, and as the jury said Her case is emblematic of global trends that represent a real threat to press freedom and therefore to democracy. Ressa was named Time’s person of the year in 2018.
In an exclusive conversation with The Wire, Ms Ressa spoke with Mitali Mukherjee about the biggest threat to free press and democracies.
Ressa’s news website Rappler has consistently shone the light on critical features of the Duterte government, for which she has been targeted with hate speech online. Ms Ressa pointed out that hate speech and disinformation spread faster than facts on social media. Social Media platforms affect the way we think, act and the health of our democracies she said, and that is what makes the role of independent journalism even more crucial.
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