Maria Ressa and press freedom

The World

 The arrest of Maria Ressa this week grabbed a lot of attention. She’s a journalist in the Philippines charged with cyber libel. And she was released on bail today. Freedom of the press, she said, is under threat in the Philippines, but it’s a global problem at this moment.

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