In Beta: A New EngageMedia.org and video.EngageMedia.org
EngageMedia
16/06/2020
We have released the beta versions of the new EngageMedia.org home page and Video.EngageMedia.org (our new social issue video platform).
June 16, 2020
The conviction of Maria Ressa: weaponising cyber libel to suppress freedom of speech
Vino Lucero
16/06/2020
On June 15, 2020, online news organization Rappler’s CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. were convicted of cyber libel charges over a seven-year-old report on a businessman’s alleged links to illegal drugs and human trafficking. The ruling, which can still be appealed and brought up to the Supreme Court, is the most recent addition to a growing list of attacks on press freedom and freedom of expression in the Philippines.
