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Reputational damage: The Filipina journalist Maria Ressa was the victim of deepfake technology that made it appear as if she were peddling an automated cryptocurrency trading programme. Photo: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
DEEP FAKE

Nobel peace laureate: ‘More money in lies than in truth’

Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has taken up the fight against deepfake, a threat to journalism and democracy

  • Simon Allison
  • The Continent
5 min read
Besides the libel case, Ressa and Rappler have been hit with 10 other criminal charges over the past year, prompting allegations that authorities are targeting her and her team for their work. (Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
AGENCY

Trial opens for Philippine journalist critical of Duterte

Ressa is out on bail and faces years in prison if convicted under the criminal cyber-libel law

  • Agency
3 min read
Karima Brown went to court after Julius Malema doxxed her when he published on Twitter a screenshot of a WhatsApp message — with her cellphone number visible — that she had mistakenly sent on the EFF’s media WhatsApp group. (Image via Facebook)
CYBER BULLYING

Cyberattacks on female journalists threaten everyone

The threats are not only to the individuals but also to democracy and freedom of news media

  • Ylva Rodny-Gumede
4 min read
Maria Ressa. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
AGENCY

Philippine journalist Maria Ressa freed on bail — court

Ressa posted bail after spending the night in detention at the National Bureau of Investigation

  • Agency
1 min read
Maria Ressa, an executive of online news platform Rappler, leaves the Rappler office after being served an arrest warrant in Pasig City, Philippines. (Reuters/Eloisa Lopez)
MARIA RESSA

Philippines arrests Duterte critic journalist Maria Ressa

Ressa, whose news site has clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested on a charge of "cyber libel" at her Manila office on Wednesday

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Tightly pressed: If Maria Ressa is convicted she faces time in a Philippines prison where inmates often battle for space. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Duterte throttles online site

The Rappler news website is fighting a tide of disinformation and state-backed intimidation

  • Sipho Kings
6 min read
Ressa and the site have been hit with multiple counts of misleading the government on taxes, and if convicted on one count alone she faces up to a decade behind bars. (Time Magazine)
JAMAL KHASHOGGI

From wars to Duterte: Journalist ‘holds the line’

Maria Ressa’s news site, Rappler, has taken a critical stand on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-drug crackdown

  • Ayee Macaraig
3 min read
The arraignment of one of the tax evasion cases against Ressa and Rappler is set on Friday (Ted Aljibe/AFP)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Rappler CEO vows to report on Duterte drug war amid arrest threat

Maria Ressa vows to fight tax evasion charges and calls out Duterte administration for weaponising laws against critics

  • Ted Regencia
4 min read