Ressa delivered the 68th annual Beatty Lecture at McGill University on October 20. Established in 1952, the Beatty Lecture is McGill’s most distinguished lectureship, and one of Canada’s longest running lecture series. Threat to democracyRessa believes the proliferation of disinformation through social media is threatening our democratic way of life. It was during her on-going online abuse that Ressa developed a strategy in her native Philippines to oppose online disinformation, she explained to the Beatty audience. And then, the crazy thing we found is inspiration spreads as fast.”In conversation with Max Bell studentsRessa’s Beatty Lecture appearance capped a two-day event with experts fighting online disinformation as well as hate and harmful speech.

Source: CBC News November 02, 2022 21:18 UTC