
Maria Ressa

Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa is the co-founder, CEO of Rappler.com, an online news organization in the Philippines. Maria, one of TIME’s Person of the Year for 2018 and TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in 2019, has been honored around the world for her courageous and bold work in fighting disinformation, “fake news”, and attempts to silence the free press. A journalist for over 35 years, Maria has been arrested on 10 charges related to exposing the Duterte government’s corrupt practices and was convicted of cyber-libel in June. She is out on bail pending her appeal but true to form, Ressa, vows to keep fighting.
Maria was featured in the 2020 documentary A Thousand Cuts, which profiles her fearless reporting on the abuses of Duterte’s presidency, while also illustrating social media’s capacity to deceive and entrench political power. Maria now travels the world speaking to organizations of all kinds on freedom of the press, democracy, and corporate governance.
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September 27, 2022
at 8pm
TIFA Event
Disinformation, Dictators & Democracy: Maria Ressa & Ronald Deibert
Maria Ressa, Ronald Deibert, Margaret Atwood, and Nahlah Ayed
September 27, 2022 at 8pm

September 27, 2022
at 4:30pm
TIFA Event
Freedom to Write and to Read: Standing with Salman Rushdie
Matt Galloway, Margaret Atwood, The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Ian McEwan, Deepa Mehta, Rohinton Mistry, Maria Ressa, John Ralston Saul, and Shyam Selvadurai
September 27, 2022 at 4:30pm