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Today, an emergent wave of right-wing populist leaders uses social media to question and break down reality, triggering rage and paranoia on a bed of exponential lies. This is how fascism is normalized and where political outrage meets terrorism, the vanguard of mass violence.

— Maria Ressa How to Stand Up to a Dictator (2022)

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What happens on social media doesn’t stay on social media. Online violence is real world violence.

Nobel Peace Prize Lecture (2021)

We decided to use the power of group dynamics and social networks to do something positive: spread hope.

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Technology has proven that human beings have far more in common than we have differences.

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My only crime is to be a journalist, to speak truth to power.

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I think we’re living through a very unique moment where again it proves that information is power. It's a completely chaotic time where technology has helped make facts disputable, eroded truth, and crippled trust.

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