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When disinformation spreads faster than facts, how can democracy thrive? Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa talks about the beginnings of media company Rappler as social media first showed promise as a new avenue for journalism, and the mounting challenges she and Rappler have faced in the age of social media's decline—from the propagation of lies, to lawsuits from the Philippine government and vicious attacks by its supporters, to the dominance of big tech.
When disinformation spreads faster than facts, how can democracy thrive? Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa talks about the beginnings of media company Rappler as social media first showed promise as a new avenue for journalism, and the mounting challenges she and Rappler have faced in the age of social media's decline—from the propagation of lies, to lawsuits from the Philippine government and vicious attacks by its supporters, to the dominance of big tech.