How to Stand Up to a Dictator
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- Author：Maria A. Ressa
- ISBN：0753559196
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Summary
What will you sacrifice for the truth？
Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power。 But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government， spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate， has landed her in trouble with the most powerful man in the country: President Duterte。
Now， hounded by the state， she has multiple arrest warrants against her name， and a potential 100+ years behind bars to prepare for - while she stands trial for speaking the truth。
How to Stand Up to a Dictator is the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts， and how an invisible atom bomb has exploded online that is killing our freedoms。 It maps a network of disinformation - a heinous web of cause and effect - that has netted the globe: from Duterte's drug wars， to America's Capitol Hill， to Britain's Brexit， to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare， to Facebook and Silicon Valley， to our own clicks and our own votes。
Told from the frontline of the digital war， this is Maria Ressa's urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line， before it is too late。
Praise for Maria Ressa:
Winner of the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021; Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2021
'A personal hero of mine 。。。 she's an important warning for the rest of us'
Hillary Clinton
'Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in， but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truth'
Amal Clooney
'Maria is a key voice 。。。 she is so incredible in so many ways'
Carole Cadwalladr
Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power。 But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government， spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate， has landed her in trouble with the most powerful man in the country: President Duterte。
Now， hounded by the state， she has multiple arrest warrants against her name， and a potential 100+ years behind bars to prepare for - while she stands trial for speaking the truth。
How to Stand Up to a Dictator is the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts， and how an invisible atom bomb has exploded online that is killing our freedoms。 It maps a network of disinformation - a heinous web of cause and effect - that has netted the globe: from Duterte's drug wars， to America's Capitol Hill， to Britain's Brexit， to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare， to Facebook and Silicon Valley， to our own clicks and our own votes。
Told from the frontline of the digital war， this is Maria Ressa's urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line， before it is too late。
Praise for Maria Ressa:
Winner of the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021; Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2021
'A personal hero of mine 。。。 she's an important warning for the rest of us'
Hillary Clinton
'Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in， but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truth'
Amal Clooney
'Maria is a key voice 。。。 she is so incredible in so many ways'
Carole Cadwalladr
Reviews
Andrea Contreras
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An amazing and inspiring read。 This is a lesson of bravery for everyone working on journalism or civil society that teaches without the need for preaching。 María tells her story in a human meaningful way that allows you to easily connect and， at least in my case， translate her story into lessons for my own reality。
Stefania Hartley
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Essential reading for anyone who uses social media and cares about the future of humanity。 I listened to the audiobook narrated with flair and passion by the author （latest Nobel Peace prize recepient） herself。 Thank you， Maria。
ToTo
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An inspiration。 A call to arms。 An critically important book for us all。 We must listen to Maria Ressa's urgent warning about how Facebook and their heartless， profit-driving algorithms are manipulating society and giving authoritarian governments power to re write history and destroy the integrity or journalism and the meaning of facts。 An inspiration。 A call to arms。 An critically important book for us all。 We must listen to Maria Ressa's urgent warning about how Facebook and their heartless， profit-driving algorithms are manipulating society and giving authoritarian governments power to re write history and destroy the integrity or journalism and the meaning of facts。 。。。more
Karl
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Amazing。 The very impressive story of Maria Ressa， a journalist’s journalist from the golden era when journalism was a profession and had ethics。 This book covers her entire career but focuses on the recent period of info warfare and political corruption in Duterte’s （and now Marcos’s） Philippines。 As well as a gripping story， Ressa brings the receipts and explains many of the techniques of social media manipulation that are often generalised in other coverage。 I learned so many things。 Ressa’s Amazing。 The very impressive story of Maria Ressa， a journalist’s journalist from the golden era when journalism was a profession and had ethics。 This book covers her entire career but focuses on the recent period of info warfare and political corruption in Duterte’s （and now Marcos’s） Philippines。 As well as a gripping story， Ressa brings the receipts and explains many of the techniques of social media manipulation that are often generalised in other coverage。 I learned so many things。 Ressa’s cheerful， positive， and pragmatic bearing is that of a modern Gandhi， Mandela， or saint。 。。。more
The Atlantic
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