Listen "Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on the death of democracy"
Episode Synopsis
Under the authoritarian rule of President Rodriguez Duterte in The Philippines, Maria Ressa was targeted online, and had 11 arrest warrants out for her in just over a year.Since then, Duterte has been arrested on an International Criminal Court warrant and Maria Ressa has won a Nobel Peace Prize. As democracies increasingly elect strongman leaders and tech companies circulate misinformation with impunity, Ressa warns against sleepwalking into authoritarianism.
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