A highly visible and vocal critic of Duterte’s war on both drugs and truth, Ressa is also at risk. She has long faced violent hate messages on social media. Article Continued Below“Every democracy is based on information; information is power,” Ressa, a former CNN bureau chief in Manila, said in her keynote talk at the democracy summit “The first line of defence is journalism. Ressa explained how Rappler mapped the social media networks that spread disinformation and hate through the Philippines and beyond, targeting her and her Rappler team. “The end goal is to flood the market with so many lies that you can’t tell what truth is,” she warned.

Source: thestar February 01, 2019 13:52 UTC