Maria Ressa

Rappler launches Rappler Communities: Here’s what you need to know Your voice, your choice. One shared reality. The first-of-its-kind app is Rappler’s vision for the future of news.

Try ours? www.rappler.com/about/things... Disadvantage is that right now it focuses on the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora

My employer Canterbury Shaker Village lost a small NEH grant. I wrote it. I used words such as "equality" and "citizenship." The same words were used in CHATGPT to cancel grants.

The same words are in the nation's founding documents.

Philippine news groups launch public chat rooms to strengthen local journalism Sunstar in Cebu, the Daily Guardian in Iloilo, the Philippine Press Institute, and Rappler invite you to join journalist-run chat rooms for a healthier relationship with the news

Rappler rolled out our matrix protocol chat app in 2023. In 2025, up to 65 news groups joined a shared reality: public chat rooms to strengthen local journalism. Sick of insidious manipulation of Big Tech? Join us! rappler.com/about/specia... via
@rappler.com.web.brid.gy #ReclaimOurRights

Threats within: Filipino spies in denial Young, impressionable, and financially insecure Filipinos are recruited by Chinese nationals to access Manila’s security and defense plans

Threats within: Filipino spies in denial @rappler.bsky.social exclusive, Part 2: www.rappler.com/features/new...

I have just finished reading 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' by the amazing @mariaressa.bsky.social . This should be essential reading for anyone who is concerned about social networks and political power grabbing today. It happened in the Philippines ten years ago.

Deja vu & PTSD :( thanks for reading and sharing ...

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese operation taps Filipinos to access top security info Chinese nationals recruit Filipinos working in the government’s defense and security sectors. Their consultancies involve passing on sensitive information.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese operation taps Filipinos to access top security info www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

At its inaugural meeting, the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI elected its first Co-Chairs:
@yoshuabengio.bsky.social 🇨🇦
@mariaressa.bsky.social 🇵🇭

They’ll guide the Panel’s work, uphold its scientific integrity & report on the Panel’s work twice a year.

First report: July 2026

Looking forward to working together @yoshuabengio.bsky.social @unodet.bsky.social

[REPORT] First 100 days of Trump 2.0: Narrative warfare and the breakdown of reality Probe, Navigate

Important read from @mariaressa.bsky.social thenerve.co/story/report...

Maria Ressa on Trump 2nd Term: “Narrative Warfare & the Breakdown of Reality” | Amanpour and Company YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

Everyone listen to @mariaressa.bsky.social Zuckerberg is the ultimate dictator youtu.be/TFdfiMhnRS0?...

2073 - 18 months after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival, still No2 movie in US on @hbomax.bsky.social
@neon-rated.bsky.social

THIS IS A WARNING
Featuring
@mariaressa.bsky.social
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Samantha Morton, Rana Ayyub and many other pre cogs.

On point:
“there’s already one clear lesson for the rest of the world:
If you have a nuclear weapon, you are safe from potential U.S. attack, and if you don’t have a nuclear weapon, you are vulnerable.”

Crowd-sourced data gives us a lens into how big the ICE surge was in MN compared to other places, visualized today in the Minnesota @startribune.com

www.startribune.com/is-ice-reall...

Women’s Rights Are Democratic Rights The global authoritarian backlash to gender equality.

"authoritarians have co-opted #technology... The Filipino #journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021, has spent years raising the alarm about the dangerous ways the online landscape is being weaponized to silence and intimidate #women, particularly #journalists...

The Escalating Threat of Online Violence Against Women in Public Life YouTube video by Columbia SIPA

LIVE now 🔴 Join @mariaressa.bsky.social, Julie Posetti, Sarah Hendriks, and Jen Klein for a panel on the threat of online violence against women in public life. With intro remarks by @camillefrancois.bsky.social.

Tune in: youtube.com/live/NyRaDdi...

@citystgeorges.bsky.social

The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved to 85 seconds.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social gave the keynote—and went in on why the West is in "hell" and how AI plays a part.

@mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/the-doomsday...

I am super grateful and happy to share with you what the incredible @mariaressa.bsky.social has to say about #PROPHECY:

“Oxford philosopher Carissa Veliz traces the invisible forces that are insidiously manipulating us, stealing our data—and our agency. 1/

Deja vu :(

A Thousand Cuts | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series Watch FRONTLINE's documentary on Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who becomes a top target of Philippine President Duterte's press crackdown.

you know who else tried to imprison journalists?

duterte

where is he now?

in a prison cell in the Hague

see @mariaressa.bsky.social for the how-to

btw if you missed her story, watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

because when i think of heroes, i think of maria first.

Journalists are being arrested in the United States.

It’s time for everyone to read @mariaressa.bsky.social’s How To Stand Up to a Dictator and watch the documentary A Thousand Cuts.

[REPORT] First 100 days of Trump 2.0: Narrative warfare and the breakdown of reality Probe, Navigate

Must Read: How a meme became state policy then kinetic reality in less than a year thenerve.co/story/report...

Thanks for reading and sharing. Working on its sequel ... it hasn't gotten better, but we do need to act now.

Pope Leo decries world's 'zeal for war' in fiery Vatican speech Nations must 'safeguard the human and civil rights' of Venezuelans, says Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo decries world’s ‘zeal for war’ in fiery Vatican speech www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.bsky.social

PH says 'concerned' over US attack on Venezuela, 'impact on rules-based order' 'The Philippines stresses the relevant principles of international law, including... non-interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign states,' says the DFA

PH says ‘concerned’ over US attack on Venezuela, ‘impact on rules-based order’ rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

US attack on Venezuela a ‘reality check’ for PH-US alliance, says De Lima Washington’s attack on Venezuela undermines the rules-based order Manila relies on in opposing China in the West Philippine Sea, says Representative Leila de Lima

US attack on Venezuela a ‘reality check’ for PH-US alliance, says De Lima www.rappler.com/philippines/... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as rival South's leader visits China The firings of at least two missiles, the country's first in two months, further heighten global tensions after US President Donald Trump launched the attack that captured President Nicolas Maduro

What will replace the old world order? www.rappler.com/world/asia-p...

Trump says Venezuela's Maduro deposed, captured after US strikes The Venezuelan leader, who succeeded Hugo Chavez to take power in 2013, has said Washington wants to take control of Venezuela's oil reserves, the largest in the world

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro deposed, captured after US strikes rappler.com/world/latin-... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Grok AI chatbot under scrutiny over sexualized images of women, minors on X The issues stem from Grok digitally stripping clothing off images of women and some men when prompted by users, causing some governments to take action

Grok AI chatbot under scrutiny over sexualized images of women, minors on X www.rappler.com/technology/s... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

2026: The mother of all battles Information integrity. Win this, and we can win the rest.

„For 2026, the mother of all battles is information integrity— knowing the difference between facts and lies. Win this, and we can win the rest. Lose this, and we lose everything,“ @mariaressa.bsky.social writes. „So build character in every choice in 2026. It’s what this year demands.“