Both have faced legal and physical threats during their careers, as their respective governments cracked down on the rights of journalists. Ressa is the CEO of Rappler, a news outlet critical of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s regime, while Muratov heads the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. We do this by shifting social priorities to rebuild journalism for the 21st century while regulating and outlawing the surveillance economics that profit from hate and lies.” The road to Osloīefore Ressa was able to fly to Norway the Philippine government sought to keep her from flying to Oslo, tagging her as a “ flight risk.” This was despite Ressa returning to the Philippines at least 36 times and paying millions of pesos in travel bonds as she faced cases filed by the Duterte government.The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, for their longstanding efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia. She added: “We need information ecosystems that live and die by facts. Online violence is real-world violence,” Ressa said. “What happens on social media doesn’t stay on social media. Ressa pointed to the real-world manifestations of the lies spread online: the disinformation ecosystem in the Philippines that has aided the Duterte government in silencing critics and the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. Rappler CEO Maria Ressa receives the Alfred Nobel coin during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2021. It begins by restoring facts,” Ressa said. To stop that requires a multilateral approach that all of us must be part of. It’s an arms race in the information ecosystem. Like that time, we need to create new institutions, like the United Nations, and new codes stating our values, like the universal declaration of human rights, to prevent humanity from doing its worst. “An invisible atom bomb exploded in our information ecosystem, and the world must act as it did after Hiroshima. She then proceeded to call for global action as tech companies allowed hate and lies to spread unabated in their platforms, leaving journalists virtually defenseless as they report on the truth. The Philippines is among the worst countries to be in as a journalist, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In her speech on Friday, paying tribute to her profession, Ressa recounted the experience of journalists in the Philippines, like 23-year-old Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been imprisoned for two years, and Jess Malabanan, who was shot dead on December 8. The traditional date for the ceremony is December 10, the death anniversary of Nobel, whose will includes “prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” The world’s problem The ceremony for the century-old prize – named after Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel – was held at the gilded Oslo City Hall, with attendees that included the Norwegian Royal Family. Maria Ressa is a fearless defender of the freedom of expression,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, during the awarding ceremony on December 10. “Maria Ressa uses freedom of expression to expose abuse of power, use of violence, and growing authoritarianism in her native country, the Philippines…. In handing the world’s most prestigious political accolade to journalists after 85 years, the Oslo-based Nobel committee recognized the crucial role of a free and independent press in the pursuit of peace. Nobel Peace Prize winners Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov hug during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2021. Muratov is the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace Prize since Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev – who also helped set up Novaya Gazeta with the money he received from winning the award in 1990. She is still facing seven active cases in the Philippines as President Rodrigo Duterte attempts to silence the press and stifle criticism.
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