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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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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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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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The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists in the Philippines and Russia
3 years, 2 months ago

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists in the Philippines and Russia

NPR  

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists in the Philippines and Russia Enlarge this image toggle caption Aaron Favila/AP Aaron Favila/AP Two crusading journalists in the Philippines and Russia have won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Maria Ressa, co-founder of the digital news site Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the longtime editor of Novaya Gazeta, …

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Q&A: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa
3 years, 2 months ago

Q&A: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa

Al Jazeera  

Journalists Maria Ressa, of the Philippines, has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize along with Dmitry Muratov, of Russia, “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”. Ressa, 58, is a co-founder of investigative journalism website Rappler and has focused much of her work on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial and violent war on drugs. Al Jazeera: When the Nobel …

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Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
3 years, 2 months ago

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Al Jazeera  

Journalists from the Philippines and Russia hailed ‘for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression’. Journalists Maria Ressa, of the Philippines, and Dmitry Muratov, of Russia, have won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, recognised “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”, which the prize-giving committee described as being under threat worldwide The two were given the prestigious award “for …

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