Maria Ressa
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Idealist. Cynic. Pragmatist. Journalist. Author. CEO, Rappler 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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Joined April 2009
The brave people of Tbilisi now into their 329th consecutive day of protests against Russia's seizure of their government. Hundreds now sit in prison. Don't forget this is happening.
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Exactly one year ago, the people of Georgia poured into the streets to stand up for their European future. One way or another, we’ll reach that goal, because giving up has never been part of who we are. Georgia is Europe! 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests
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Superpowers for Superheroes. Today, we unveil EagleEye: the family of warfighter augments that place mission command & AI directly into the operator's helmet.
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Despite pouring rain, fatigue and disappointment after 327 days of uninterrupted protests — and mass arrests for standing on this very spot — brave and tireless Georgian protesters have blocked Rustaveli Avenue again, risking jail time. 🇬🇪
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Day 2 of our Future of Democracy @openmarkets! Follow along to hear from Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa, @AlexandraGeese, @dimi_z, Mira Milosevic @MediaGFMD, @courtneyr, @CJL4News + ARTICLE 19's Quinn McKew https://t.co/JA9CHqI9gG
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." https://t.co/QFwLJrFY6C
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Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
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Pope Leo XIV encouraged international news agencies on Thursday to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation, as he strongly backed a free, independent and objective press. He praised reporters on the ground in Gaza and Ukraine.
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Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize https://t.co/aibGWRKh6U via @rapplerdotcom
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(2nd UPDATE) 'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee says in its citation
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Pope Leo urges news outlets not to ‘sell out’ for click-bait https://t.co/vvrqZ6VbkE via @rapplerdotcom
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On the use of artificial intelligence tools, Pope Leo asks reporters to fight against 'junk' information and to help people recognize fact from fiction
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Pope Leo invokes criticism of Trump’s policies in first major document https://t.co/gPVLmvYHE4 via @rapplerdotcom
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Leo's document, known as an apostolic exhortation, is focused on the needs of the world's poor
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Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature https://t.co/EydiXr6Vqn via @rapplerdotcom
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(1st UPDATE) 'Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterized by absurdism and grotesque excess,' the...
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@OCCRP Said @DeanLorente: “This year’s honorees range from a documentarian who was imprisoned and tortured for flying a drone to journalists amplifying truth amid a wave of conspiracy theories that affected the Haitian community during the 2024 presidential election to students who
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COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has selected the 2025 winners of the Maria Ressa Prizes for Courage in Journalism, four annual awards central to the...
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We are delighted to share the 2025 winners of our annual Maria Ressa Prizes for Courage in Journalism, four awards central to our press freedom mission. Congratulations to Myanmarese documentarian Shin Daewe, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@OCCRP), The
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Huge: Almost all members of the UN Security Council are in favor of AI regulation or setting red lines. Never before had the principle of red lines for AI been discussed so openly and at such a high diplomatic level. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the session with
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If the most powerful only work for themselves, is it every person for themselves? V @guardian @mariaressa @RoryStewartUK @harari_yuval
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From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future
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Great fan of @RoryStewartUK and @mariaressa, so awful to read this discussion in which state of the world sounds, if anything, even worse than is apparent.
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From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future
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Today showed that 1. The Georgian Dream could not crush the people of Georgia despite a year of immense repressions; 2. They now have another rigged elections on their record, and at least in Tbilisi they are below zero. The "peaceful revolution" announced by some groups is
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I’m on Rustaveli Avenue on the 310th day of peaceful protest for Georgia’s European future. The regime’s staged “takeover” of the Presidential Palace is a provocation. We won’t fall for it — we stand for free and fair elections and a European Georgia. 🇬🇪
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Honoured to join fellow European leaders today at the invitation of @Statsmin Mette Frederiksen for the European Political Community summit. With a strong mandate from our citizens, I am here to advance Moldova’s path towards EU accession and to promote peace in our region.
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Full interview with @mariaressa: https://t.co/ZDmBieDPea
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La expresidenta Michelle Bachelet se hace presente en el Movistar Arena para el primer concierto de Silvio Rodríguez en Chile. El público la ovacionó de pie a su llegada y ahora le cantan cumpleaños feliz. Hoy cumple 74 años.
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