Maria Ressa’s arrest is not Duterte’s first attack on press freedom…and it won’t be his last
The arrest of TIME Magazine Person of the Year and Rappler.com CEO Maria Ressa sent shockwaves not just in Philippine media, but internationally also.
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Rappler’s Closure and the Government’s Hypocrisy Regarding “Foreign Ownership”
The online news website Rappler.com was ordered closed by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly being owned by foreign entities. Despite justifying that foreign businesses financially invest… Continue reading "Rappler’s Closure and the Government’s Hypocrisy Regarding “Foreign Ownership”"
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An Attack on the Fourth Estate
In George Orwell’s imagined totalitarian state of Oceania, the ironically-named Ministry of Truth is tasked with censoring media and silencing critics who could challenge the authoritarian rule of “Big Brother”… Continue reading "An Attack on the Fourth Estate"