Maria RESSA

Maria Ressa is the CEO of Rappler.com, an online news organization in the Philippines. Maria’s courage and work on disinformation and 'fake news’ culminated in her being awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Her numerous awards include being named Time’s 2018 Person of the Year and listed among its 100 Most Influential People of 2019. A journalist for over 36 years, Maria has had 10 arrest warrants filed against her related to exposing the Duterte government’s corrupt practices and was convicted of cyber-libel in June. She is out on bail pending her appeal but true to form, Ressa, vows to keep fighting. Maria was featured in the 2020 documentary A Thousand Cuts, which profiles her fearless reporting on the abuses of Duterte’s presidency, while also illustrating social media’s capacity to deceive and entrench political power. Her newest book, How to Stand Up to a Dictator will be released in November 2022. Maria now travels the world speaking to organizations of all kinds on freedom of the press, democracy, and corporate governance.

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