(1/2) China’s troll army: From teachers to riders, all fake www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban www.rappler.com/world/asia-p... via @rappler.bsky.social

@mariaressa.bsky.social is brilliant! When she warns us, we need to listen. #Disinformation #Fight4Truth www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

"The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or one government. It’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide enabled by democratic governments that abdicated their responsibility to protect the public" @mariaressa.bsky.social

Opening #GIJC25, @mariaressa.bsky.social offered a powerful warning: the world may have one year left to protect press freedom & rebuild sustainable journalism.
 Her solution? Collaborate, investigate, resist algorithmic manipulation & hold the line for facts.

A Nobel Laureate in my hometown reminds us in a bracing morning of the stakes today for our communities ... where info warfare & info integrity is core as the enshittification of civilisation is fuelled by broligarchs et al #trust #democracy #journalism #gijc25 @mariaressa.bsky.social

At #GIJC25, Nobel laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social urged journalists to embrace radical collaboration as press freedoms face mounting threats. 
“Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed…This is a time for radical collaboration...a time for creation."

“This is a time for radical collaboration.” — @mariaressa.bsky.social At #GIJC25, the Nobel laureate urged journalists to unite amid rising authoritarianism, disinformation, and shrinking press freedom – warning that 2026 may be a crucial year for media survival. 🔗 More: https://twp.ai/9PYUeX

Note from the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference: “This is a time for radical collaboration, a time for creation.” - @mariaressa.bsky.social #gijc2025

🌏 Day 1 of #GIJC25! We kicked off with a welcome from GIJN’s Emilia Díaz-Struck and @malaysiakini.com's Premesh Chandran, followed by a powerful keynote from @mariaressa.bsky.social. Attendees also joined GIJN + @pressfreedom.bsky.social in urging freedom for jailed journalists.

⏰ 11:00 CET: EU Parliamentary Democracy Forum kicks off 💬Speeches: @president.europarl.europa.eu, Søren Gade @folketinget.dk, @mariaressa.bsky.social 🇪🇺 @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social will discuss resilience, hybrid threats, interference & the #EUDemocracyShield 🔗 Info/stream link.europa.eu/G7fFyw

Today, my co-counsel in @mariaressa.bsky.social's case, Amal Clooney, met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Amal & George Clooney are in the Philippines for @rappler.bsky.social's Social Good Summit this weekend. Background: www.rappler.com/philippines/...

We kicked off day 2 with keynote address from Nobel Laureate and Co-founder/CEO of @rappler.bsky.social, @mariaressa.bsky.social, on the future of global digital governance. #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned #Attention2025

For our #democracy, I highly recommend this book I read over 2 years ago. @mariaressa.bsky.social talks about how disinformation on social media, especially Facebook & Twitter, lead to a dictatorship in the Philippines and the rise of Donald Trump. #DemocracyMatters #DemocracyInAction

Excellent book list to prevent the fascist cliff we are about to tumble off Including the wonderful @mariaressa.bsky.social MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN mailchi.mp/project-synd...

Thank you from the bottom of my heart @mariaressa.bsky.social for speaking up about Mzia and Georgia again!  Mzia Amaghlobeli has been jailed unfairly since January. She is the political prisoner of the regime. Why? because She is a journalist and founder of free media in Georgia.  📸@protest_24

Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Pope Leo urges news outlets not to ‘sell out’ for click-bait www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Pope Leo invokes criticism of Trump’s policies in first major document www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature www.rappler.com/life-and-sty... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

@mariaressa.bsky.social knows what's at stake. www.mediapost.com/publications... We need "public interest digital infrastructures built with democracy in mind".

In honor of Filipino American History Month, I highly recommend reading, How to Stand Up to a Dictator by @mariaressa.bsky.social Her fight against corruption and disinformation in the Philippines speaks directly to what we face in the U.S. today. A must-read on combating online misinformation.

Veteran journalists Gustavo Gorriti, Jorge Ramos and @mariaressa.bsky.social participated in a panel discussion on eroding press freedoms Tuesday at the J-School. Professor @kathykiely.bsky.social moderated the discussion. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade journalism.missouri.edu/2025/10/pane...

Gorgeous campus and a chance to meet old friends! journalism.missouri.edu/2025/09/2025...

Passively allowing companies to collect our data, no matter how "harmless," results in continued erosion of privacy rights & advancing barriers against the 99%. @mariaressa.bsky.social: "What rights you give up today are not easily taken back tomorrow." @moreperfectunion.bsky.social #WakeUpAmerica

A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

This morning, leaders of 20 nations will meet at the UN on how to restore information integrity, institutions of democracy, climate justice, and narrow the gap between rich and poor. Led by the global south, Democracia Siempre is supported by more than 40 Nobel laureates. www.gob.cl/en/news/demo...

Please watch @mariaressa.bsky.social warning America AGAIN with Jon Stewart. See why we are going through Aramageddon and why it's better than an apocalypse: youtu.be/Tsb1I7hqaJ4?...

I'm not a minister nor a head of state, so helping open #UNGA on its 80th anniversary is an honor. This moment matters! ‘Information integrity is the mother of all battles’ rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Leitura essencial. @mariaressa.bsky.social foi entrevistada por #JonStewart dias atrás. Vc pode assistir em www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb1I7hqaJ4

@mariaressa.bsky.social ’s call at UNGA could not be more urgent. The time for AI self-regulation is over. 200 Nobel laureates, former heads of state, and industry experts just signed a statement: "We urgently call for international red lines to prevent unacceptable AI risks"

Literally and figuratively an information armaggedon: information integrity is the mother of all battles. Win this, and we can win the rest. Lose this, and we lose everything. (discussed the choice between armaggedon and apocalypse with Jon Stewart Thursday)

"The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or government – it’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide, enabled by democratic governments that abdicated their responsibility to protect the public." But we can fight big tech says @mariaressa.bsky.social

If there’s one thing you listen to / watch this week, make it this. Two of the most outspoken people whose books and analysis/activism blew my mind these past years, in conversation: @mariaressa.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/ZMf53k_...

Great conversation between @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and @mariaressa.bsky.social on declining democracy, surveillance capitalism, and creating avenues for journalism to survive.

"Authoritarian leaders topple democracy faster than you can imagine. If you wait to speak out against them, you have already lost." @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @natlgovsassoc.bsky.social @democracynow.org @protectdemocracy.org @mariaressa.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov

Repeating my strong recommendation to read @mariaressa.bsky.social's excellent memoir, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" (Trump's rhetoric here echoes Duterte's rhetoric during the Philippine Drug War, in which an estimated 12K-30K civilians were killed) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMf5... @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @mariaressa.bsky.social‬

Great talk by @mariaressa.bsky.social at @melbconnect.bsky.social “Social media is worse than the ‘upside down’ world in Stranger things, horrible and slimy”. A woman of courage 🙌🏼

Omg, I made @mariaressa.bsky.social laugh tonight while we were in the lift! This woman who founded @rappler.bsky.social and fought a brutal dictator and is a Noble Peace Laureate laughed at my geeky tech joke. Also, please buy her book “How to stand up to a dictator”.

UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.

Well produced video reportage from ABC news Australia with @mariaressa.bsky.social on some high-level social media problems youtu.be/krC6JAQIXZ8?...

Really great article from really great journalist @tanvi.bsky.social about the role that Bangladeshi and other South Asian communities played in Zohran Mamdani's win: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

LIVE UPDATES: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s SONA 2025 www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/w...

How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...

DOCUMENT: Supreme Court decision barring Sara Duterte impeachment www.rappler.com/newsbreak/da... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

“The world we once knew is decimated. Now we have to decide what we want to create.” One of my favorite quotes from @mariaressa.bsky.social’s book, “How To Stand Up To A Dictator.” Let’s create together, friends.

Been listening to *How to Stand Up to a Dictator* by @mariaressa.bsky.social and this tracks.