Lawfare Archive: Maria Ressa on the Weaponization of Social Media
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The Pattern of Attacks Against Meya Globali Is Roughly the Same, Bottom Up, Toped Down
By next year, i'll have been a journalist for 35 years. And so this is brought against you for the work that you've done at raplay or news organization. In 20 18, the government filed 11 cases against us. And in 20 19, i was arrested twice in a three months period. One of the arrests timed at five p m. So i essentially couldn't post mail and was detained overnight. Thena i had to post mail eight times in about three months so i could continue doing my job.
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