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It& #39;s started! @mariaressa opens with what the conviction on Monday means for our collective fight on press freedom #mariaressacovid19
This is what we& #39;re facing -- abuse of power and the weaponization of the law. @mariaressa #mariaressacovid19
Under COVID-19 in the Philippines, the government shut down ABS-CBN. Last time this happened was when former Pres. Marcos declared martial law. @mariaressa #mariaressacovid19
It& #39;s only been four days. When the verdict against @mariaressa kicked in, it codified a decision that holds that any Filipino who posts content online can be held liable for cyber libel, says Ressa. #mariaressacovid19
Social media has taken over the gatekeeping powers of journalists, says @mariaressa. Journalists& #39; work is the foundation of truthtelling. #mariaressacovid19
Q from an audience member at Khabar Lahariya in India: what does it mean tangibly to #holdtheline? @mariaressa: First step is understanding you can& #39;t do this alone. All news groups in a country need to work together, because disinfo networks are coordinated. #mariaressacovid19
Also, don& #39;t just stay in your country. Look at what& #39;s going on in other countries and see the data. Part of the reason Rappler has survived after four years of attacks is because of colleagues outside the Philippines. They help shine the light. - @mariaressa #mariaressacovid19
Finally, says @mariaressa, for your organization, increase security and write up workflows for worst case scenarios. This mentally prepares you for anything. Dealing with our scary world requires being prepared and aware of the dangers, then make it better. #mariaressacovid19
Question from Mexico: Audiences sometimes not very aware of the harassment happening against media people. How do journalists make the general public aware of what& #39;s happening? #mariaressacovid19
First piece of advice from @mariaressa: Tell the story. Tell your stories and other people& #39;s stories. Tell the online stories of harassment -- not enough news groups are talking about how this happens. #mariaressacovid19
Online attacks are meant to make you doubt yourself - then you don& #39;t do the stories. What @mariaressa and team did first is took the data about harassment. And ask for help. #mariaressacovid19
Everything you do, when you confront it, you come out stronger. And you move to another level as you learn to deal with it, says Ressa, who also says we need to demand more from our social media platforms. #mariaressacovid19
Quoting @SachaBaronCohen, @mariaressa says, "It& #39;s not about freedom of speech, it& #39;s freedom of reach." Social media decisions are made in Silicon Valley but have devastating impacts around the world. #mariaressacovid19
Says @dimalb, when I hear "Hold the line," I also think "Hold it together" -- we also need to band together. #mariaressacovid19
COVID-19 has changed everything, and it& #39;s tested our governments, because their decisions are life and death. We are going to cover officials stumbling, they& #39;re going to be defensive, says @mariaressa. Challenge is to use time to get everyone to work together. #mariaressacovid19
We have to live our ways into the answers, says @mariaressa, quoting Rilke. That& #39;s why she likes to learn from journalists in other countries. The days when the West led are actually gone. We& #39;re seeing that, and seeing the West grappling with that. #mariaressacovid19
When technology came in, the efficient systems of journalism couldn& #39;t innovate. Now change is happening. Ressa said in a recent speech to graduates, "You are standing in the rubble of the world that my generation created." #mariaressacovid19
Our industry needs energy, idealism, a vision for the future, says @mariaressa. If you walk into our industry today, you& #39;re walking into an industry that is collapsing on a lot of fronts. The business model is dead. Reputations are threatened. #mariaressacovid19
The moment now requires more from journalists than it did when @mariaressa was in her 20& #39;s. You may get the right idea that could shape the future of journalism. When it& #39;s a war for truth, this is the battle of journalists. #mariaressacovid19
The silver lining of COVID-19 is that platforms are taking down misleading content. In the age of COVID, lies kill, says @mariaressa, who hopes these same content moderation tactics can be used for political disinformation. #mariaressacovid19
