
Mucho_Mass
@gvaspol
Part time professor of film, media, & lit, full time philosophical fool. IBL Narragansett Navigators, RIMA Tide, RIMSBL Colt .45s
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02-03-2014 15:42:46
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The rejection of Maria Ressa’s appeal against a criminal cyber libel conviction & the extension of the maximum jail sentence she faces is “bitterly disappointing and it sends a disturbing signal about the direction of justice under the new administration” buff.ly/3yr3EJF


CFJ co-founder Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC condemned a decision to uphold the cyber-libel conviction of Nobel prize-winner @MariaRessa In September, Ms. Ressa will become the first recipient of CFJ's 'Albie Award' for waging justice for journalism. doughtystreet.co.uk/news/amal-cloo…




Filipino journalist Maria Ressa is facing a 6-year prison sentence, simply for doing her job - reporting the truth as a journalist. Unfortunately what’s happening to Maria is emblematic of what’s happening to #pressfreedom across the world.






Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, who faces decades in prison in the Philippines, says we are living in the age of “exponential lies,” as fast-moving disinformation online weakens democracy globally. She says fighting for integrity is like “hand-to-hand combat.”

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.” #Colbert





