Maria Ressa: A Journalist's Guide to Defying Dictators | The Agenda

Once taken by the promise of social media, journalist Maria Rassa has witnessed authoritarians in her native Philippines and around the world harness this new technology to sow hate, fear, lies, and ultimately destroy democracy. The Nobel Peace Prize-winner tells Steve Paikin why she is still speaking out, even under the looming threat of a decade behind bars. Her new book is called, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future."
0:00 Intro
0:44 Why is democracy dying internationally?
3:00 Social media and the spreading of lies
4:00 Why we need gatekeepers
5:45 The Philippines as a warning to the world
7:57 Electing authoritarians
11:01 The threat of Facebook
14:30 TikTok
15:11 Losing trust in journalists
17:21 The future of trustworthy journalism
18:17 Fox and MSNBC
21:56 Ressa facing jail time
24:20 A call to arms for truth and democracy
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