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luxar92 · 10 days
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Miku
Miku oo ee oo
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sumanasatvaya01 · 2 years
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oblako · 1 month
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finally after 2768 years the long-awaited ressa flashback...... and they're fighting 💔 quimchee why r u like this 💀
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watermehlonsorbet · 23 days
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Ressa x Thirteen reasons why
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hated this show but this scene reminded me of ressa.
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southeastasianists · 7 months
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comrademango · 5 months
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"Hamas-run government"
nothing to see here, just maria ressa kowtowing to us imperialist interests. maria "team usa no matter what" ressa. fucking disgraceful.
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ceevee5 · 1 year
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“In her forthcoming book How to Stand Up to a Dictator, she describes those events and the career leading up to them, and absolutely hammers home the point that “our information ecosystem is corrupted”. It’s about Facebook – and she forensically critiques how little the company has done to protect civil society – but it’s about all of social media. “The incentive structure of our information ecosystem rewards lying.” The entire business model of social media platforms is to grab the attention in ever more inventive ways: collect more data on users, target content more accurately, until we all have a 360-degree news vista comprising only the stories we want to read. At the root of it all, she argues, is the elemental truth that lies are simply more interesting than facts.”
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wandering-scavenger · 2 years
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PH GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RIGHT TO INFORMATION UNDER MARCOS PRESIDENCY
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Rappler is a digital media company that was founded by Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Maria Ressa is a hero that has fought and continues to fight for the Philippines despite everything and everyone who's tried to put her and her team down.
She was a lead investigative journalist in CNN Southeast Asia who was critical of Rodrigo Duterte's "War on Drugs". She was also falsely accused of cyber libel and tax evasion on several accounts, because our government has been repeatedly trying to shut her down and control information, the same government that is led by a man who LIES AND REFUSES TO PAY 203 BILLION IN ESTATE TAX DEBT. THE SAME GOVERNMENT THAT REFUSES TO PUT IMELDA MARCOS IN JAIL BUT WILL HAPPILY JAIL A STARVING 70+ YR OLD MAN FOR STEALING A FRUIT.
Rappler is not the first victim of this, and it will not be the last. Please please please share what is happening in the Philippines, this could happen in your country one day.
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thechavier · 8 months
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me: i don't like the new merch shirt for italy
also me:*starts counting money*
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keithanime · 1 year
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It is ironic that autocratic leaders are often called "strongmen" when in fact they cannot tolerate dissent or even allow a level playing field.
Amal Clooney - Foreword to Maria Ressa’s book, “How to Stand Up to a Dictator”
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luxar92 · 8 months
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gael-garcia · 5 months
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Today I learned about CIA front the "National Endowment for Democracy"
and how Maria Ressa is one of their chosen ones (hence the Nobel Peace Prize)
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warningsine · 7 months
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Philippine Nobel Peace laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted of tax evasion Tuesday, according to her news site Rappler, in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist.
Ressa and Rappler are now cleared of all five tax-related charges filed during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, according to CNN affiliate CNN Philippines.
“This is really a win not just for Maria … but a win for the Philippines,” Ressa’s lawyer Francis Lim told supporters outside Regional Trial Court in Pasig city. “This acquittal together with [the] earlier acquittal will send a very strong message to the international business community.”
Ressa, 59, is the CEO and co-founder of Rappler and a former CNN journalist.
“This is a victory not just for Rappler but for everyone who has kept the faith that a free and responsible press empowers communities and strengthens democracy,” the news site said in a statement.
“We share this with our colleagues in the industry who have been besieged by relentless online attacks, unjust arrests and detentions, and red-tagging that have resulted in physical harm. We share this with Filipinos doing business for social good but who, like us, have suffered at the hands of oppressive governments,” it added.
The ruling comes eight months after Ressa was cleared of four earlier counts of tax violations filed in 2018 by Duterte’s government.
Ressa is currently on bail as she appeals a six-year prison sentence handed down in 2020 for a separate cyber libel conviction.
She won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, for her efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines.
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loveliesttime · 5 months
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the philippines' only nobel peace prize winner out here spouting centrist "well i have more nuance" shit, refusing to call a genocide a genocide. literally the face of this country's press freedom and owns a news publication that's all about "holding down the front" (which is laughable considering the shit they've been publishing), but can't even resist being another mouthpiece of US imperialism and genocide. fucking evil
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southeastasianists · 1 year
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A Philippine court has acquitted journalist Maria Ressa and news outlet Rappler of tax evasion, in a move hailed as a win for press freedom.
"Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins," said Ms Ressa, who if convicted could have been jailed up to 34 years.
The Nobel laureate's legal victory marks the end of a case that began in 2018.
Ms Ressa, who founded Rappler, has been the target of legal action launched by the Philippine government.
Under former leader Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine government had accused Ms Ressa and Rappler of evading tax payments when it raised capital through its partnership with foreign investors.
Philippines' justice department had said Rappler's issuance of financial instruments, known as Philippine Depositary Receipts, to foreign investors Omidyar Network and North Base Media had generated taxable income worth 141.86m pesos (£2.1m; $2.58m) which it did not declare in 2015.
Ms Ressa and Rappler denied the charges and said the transactions involved legitimate financial mechanisms that do not generate taxable income.
In its decision, the Philippines' Court of Tax Appeals said the prosecutors had failed to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and concluded that Ms Ressa and Rappler did not gain from the transactions, according to Rappler's report on the verdict.
Speaking to reporters after the verdict, Ms Ressa hailed it as a victory for "every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused".
"These charges were politically motivated, they were incredible to us, a brazen abuse of power, and meant to stop journalists from doing their jobs. These cases are where capital markets, rule of law, and press freedom meet," she said.
Ms Ressa's lawyer Francis Lim said there could have been repercussions for other businesses seeking to raise capital if Philippine Depositary Receipts had been declared to be taxable income.
The Philippines' National Union of Journalists said the tax evasion case reflected an increasing use of law for reprisal and intimidation against journalists and civil society.
"While colleagues similarly face legal challenges - from libel to made-up terrorism charges -  in relation to their work, we take inspiration from this acquittal that if we stand up and hold the line, we can win," the union said in a statement.
The Philippine government has repeatedly tried to shut down Rappler, which has done critical stories of Mr Duterte's administration. In January 2018, it revoked the news outlet's operating licence and said Rappler, which has two US investors, had violated a clause in the constitution that limits media ownership to Philippine citizens.
In 2022, regulators again ordered the shutdown of Rappler. The outlet said in response that it would not be closing and would challenge the order in court.
Ms Ressa was also previously convicted of libel and sentenced to up to six years in prison in June 2020. She was later freed on bail.
Wednesday's acquittal is not the end of Ms Ressa and Rappler's legal woes, as they still face three active court cases.
These are: Rappler's appeal against the 2022 closure order; an appeal by Ms Ressa and former Rappler journalist Reynaldo Santos Jr against convictions for cyber libel; and another tax case against Ms Ressa and Rappler.
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spaceasianmillennial · 6 months
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Returned to HERE LIES LOVE on Broadway and caught Vina Morales' first night as Aurora Aquino on floorside seating.
The day after, I learned that journalist Maria Ressa attended that same performance.
If I had caught her, I would have noticed her because she has a very distinctive short build (like me) and I have spoke to her once years ago.
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