Maria Ressa

Without facts you can't have truth.

So a lie told a million times becomes the truth.

I don't think we have wrapped our heads around how much technology has allowed the manipulation of individuals and democracies.

Press freedom is not just about journalists, right? It's not just about us, it's not just about me, it's not just about Rappler. Press freedom is... the foundation of every single right of every single Filipino to the truth, so that we can hold the powerful to account.

Any journalist who asked critical questions, anyone on social media who questioned about the extrajudicial killings was bombarded with abuse, threats of violence death threats from trolls and bots and these fake Facebook accounts.