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Philippine court blocks government’s effort to close news outlet that criticized former president
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Philippine court blocks government’s effort to close news outlet that criticized former president

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine appeals court reversed a regulator’s 2018 order to shut down a prominent news outlet in a decision made public Friday, marking a legal victory for journalists who angered former President Rodrigo Duterte by reporting critically on his deadly crackdown on illegal drugs and alarming human rights record. “It’s a fact that the Duterte government used …

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Nobel winner Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion
1 year, 3 months ago

Nobel winner Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

The Hindu  

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was acquitted of a final tax evasion charge on September 12 though she still faces two remaining legal cases she believes the former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte used to muzzle her critical reporting. Ms. Ressa and her online news organisation Rappler had faced five tax evasion charges but a court acquitted her of four …

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‘What is Happening to Us is Coming For You’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘What is Happening to Us is Coming For You’

The Diplomat  

When Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016 as the president of the Philippines, he fulfilled an election promise by launching a “war on drugs.” The controversial campaign led to an indiscriminate killing spree by police and vigilantes in the months following the inauguration. The Philippines became “ground zero for terrible effects that social media can have on a nation’s …

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UNESCO chief urges tougher regulation of social media
1 year, 10 months ago

UNESCO chief urges tougher regulation of social media

Associated Press  

PARIS — The United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural agency chief on Wednesday called for a global dialogue to find ways to regulate social media companies and limit their role in the spreading of misinformation around the world. She added: “It would limit the risks that we see today, that we live today, disinformation conspiracy theories spreading faster than the …

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AP News Digest 3 am
1 year, 11 months ago

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The Independent  

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Philippines’s Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion
1 year, 11 months ago

Philippines’s Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

Al Jazeera  

Appellate tax court clears journalist and Nobel laureate of all four charges of tax evasion, which could have sent her to prison for decades. It is for every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused.” Ressa, 53, who won the Nobel Peace Prize along with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov in 2021, is the head of Rappler, which earned a reputation …

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2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners have faced a year of battles
2 years, 2 months ago

2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners have faced a year of battles

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Winning the Nobel Peace Prize often provides a boost for a grassroots activist or international group working for peace and human rights, opening doors and elevating the causes for which they fight. The two were honored last year for “their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” Muratov, the longtime …

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Ressa says Philippine courts to decide Rappler closure order
2 years, 5 months ago

Ressa says Philippine courts to decide Rappler closure order

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said her Rappler news website was operating “business as usual” Wednesday and would let Philippine courts decide on a government order to close the outlet critical of the outgoing Duterte administration and its deadly drug crackdown. “Rappler is facing government retaliation for its fearless reporting about rights abuses in the ‘drug …

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Philippine Nobel Laureate Ressa Unafraid Despite Govt Clampdown On Her News Outlet
2 years, 5 months ago

Philippine Nobel Laureate Ressa Unafraid Despite Govt Clampdown On Her News Outlet

News 18  

Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa’s news company Rappler was ordered Wednesday to shut down, a day before President Rodrigo Duterte is due to leave office, but she vowed to keep the site running. “We continue to work, it is business as usual,” Ressa told reporters, adding “we can only hope for the best” under Duterte’s successor Ferdinand Marcos …

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Maria Ressa: Philippines affirms news site shutdown order
2 years, 5 months ago

Maria Ressa: Philippines affirms news site shutdown order

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Filipino journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa announced in a speech in Hawaii Tuesday that the Philippine government is affirming a previous order to shut down Rappler, the news website she co-founded, which has gained notoriety for its reporting of President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission affirmed its …

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Philippines: Maria Ressa’s Rappler news site ordered shut down
2 years, 5 months ago

Philippines: Maria Ressa’s Rappler news site ordered shut down

Al Jazeera  

Nobel prize winner pledges to keep her critical news site running after the Philippines government ordered it closed for violating ‘restrictions on foreign ownership in mass media’. Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa’s news company Rappler has been ordered shut down on charges of violating rules on foreign ownership of mass media, but she promised to keep the site …

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Journalists Ressa and Muratov receive Nobel Peace Prize
3 years ago

Journalists Ressa and Muratov receive Nobel Peace Prize

Al Jazeera  

Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia warn world needs independent reporting to counter the power of authoritarian governments. The two journalists who shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have received their awards during a pomp-filled ceremony in Norway, where both warned that the world needs independent reporting to counter the power of authoritarian governments. “Let …

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Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of growing disinformation threat
3 years ago

Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of growing disinformation threat

Al Jazeera  

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov tell Al Jazeera that media outlets must collaborate to counter dangerous lies. Disinformation poses a growing threat to security and democracy, the journalists awarded the Nobel Peace Prize have told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview. Maria Ressa of the Philippines said the greatest threat to democracy is “when lies become facts”, while Dmitry …

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Philippine court allows Maria Ressa’s trip to receive Nobel prize
3 years ago

Philippine court allows Maria Ressa’s trip to receive Nobel prize

Al Jazeera  

Nobel laureate requires special permission to travel abroad due to pending cases brought against her under the Duterte administration. An appeals court in the Philippines has allowed journalist Maria Ressa to travel to Oslo next week to personally accept her Nobel Peace Prize for 2021. Because of several pending cases, including a cyber-libel conviction, brought against her and her news …

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Journalist Maria Ressa reflects on Nobel Peace Prize win
3 years, 1 month ago

Journalist Maria Ressa reflects on Nobel Peace Prize win

Associated Press  

— Maria Ressa says much still remains uncertain about her life in the month since she became the first ever Filipino and the first working journalist in more than 80 years to win the Nobel Peace Prize. “You know the painting ‘The Scream?’” Ressa said Tuesday evening, holding her hands to her face and mock-bellowing into the existential void like …

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Top news of the day: New China border law gives stamp of approval for PLA’s LAC actions; witness alleges NCB official demanded ₹25 crore from Shah Rukh Khan to release his son, and more
3 years, 2 months ago

Top news of the day: New China border law gives stamp of approval for PLA’s LAC actions; witness alleges NCB official demanded ₹25 crore from Shah Rukh Khan to release his son, and more

The Hindu  

It calls on the state and military to safeguard territory and ‘combat any acts’ that undermine China’s territorial claims. Prabhakar Sail, a witness in the case, told the media that NCB officials also asked him to sign blank papers. Sanjay Raut alleges only 23 crore doses administered till date; BJP dubs his claims ‘laughable’. News Analysis | Congress versus Congress …

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Official says journalist’s Nobel Prize not a slap on Duterte
3 years, 2 months ago

Official says journalist’s Nobel Prize not a slap on Duterte

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration belatedly congratulated journalist Maria Ressa Monday for being one of two winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her fight for freedom of expression under grave risks. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Ressa, the 58-year-old co-founder of the Rappler news website known for its probing reportage into Duterte’s bloody …

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Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratov | Torchbearers of freedom of expression
3 years, 2 months ago

Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratov | Torchbearers of freedom of expression

The Hindu  

In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to two embattled journalists, Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitri A. Muratov of Russia, the Nobel committee has made a clear-cut statement on the state of freedom of expression in an era that has seen the rise and rise of authoritarian “populists” in several countries. It made it amply clear in …

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Philippine Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook “biased against facts”
3 years, 2 months ago

Philippine Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook “biased against facts”

The Hindu  

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation and is “biaseda gainst facts”. The veteran journalist and head of Philippine news site Rappler told Reuters in an interview after winning the award that Facebook’s algorithms …

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Ressa and Muratov
3 years, 2 months ago

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Ressa and Muratov

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where reporters have faced persistent attacks, harassment and even murder. Muratov was one of the founders in 1993 of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which the Nobel committee called …

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Media groups welcome 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for journalists
3 years, 2 months ago

Media groups welcome 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for journalists

Associated Press  

Journalists, human rights groups and other activists enthusiastically welcomed the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to two reporters at a time when media around the world face new pressures and crackdowns from the authorities. Friday’s announcement awarding the peace prize to Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia marked a rare bright spot amid growing …

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Nobel laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov are not only journalists – they are champions of democracy
3 years, 2 months ago

Nobel laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov are not only journalists – they are champions of democracy

The Independent  

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Two journalists win Nobel Peace Prize for defending freedom of expression
3 years, 2 months ago

Two journalists win Nobel Peace Prize for defending freedom of expression

The Hindu  

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. Ms Ressa in 2012 co-founded Rappler, a news website that has focused “critical attention on the Duterte regime's controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign,” the Nobel committee said. “ Novaya Gazeta is the most independent newspaper in Russia today, with a …

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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov: Live updates
3 years, 2 months ago

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov: Live updates

CNN  

Dmitry Muratov attends a planning meeting with the Novaya Gazeta editorial board in Moscow, Russia, on October 9, 2015. Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta – whose editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday – built its reputation as an outpost of the free press in part for its fearless reporting on the conflict in Chechnya, the former …

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