Maria Ressa - so szállj szembe a diktátoroddal

In 2011, Maria Ressa founded the Rappler editorial office with three colleagues, which, while researching the operation of online communities, soon realized that political propaganda shamelessly exploits the possibilities of social media. The journalist from the Philippines personally drew the attention of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as well as Sheryl Sandberg, the company's former chief operating officer, to the visible manipulation of the platform. This, together with the spread of fake news, can have serious consequences in a country like the Philippines, where 97% of the population uses Facebook, and where President Rodrigo Duterte launched a brutal drug war in 2016 that claimed 27,000, often innocent, victims. Rappler took quite a risk when reporting on individual cases. Due to media reports, Maria Ressa has a warrant for her arrest and currently faces up to life in prison on the charges.

Maria Ressa's story is about the fight against dictators: she fights against Rodrigo Duterte and his bloody drug war, as well as Zuckerberg and the power of Facebook, in the hope of curbing the spread of fake news and hatred. His book is a manifesto against the misleading of the masses and the power of dictators: democracy is fragile, you have to fight for all laws, institutions and history that ensure its survival and functioning!