Rappler chief Maria Ressa found guilty of cyber libel

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MANILA - Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was on Monday found guilty of cyber libel over a 2012 article that linked a businessmanto alleged illegal activities.

Ressa said she was "prepared for the worst" outcome in the case against her and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. The 2018 TIME magazine Person of the Year was detained overnight in February last year over the complaint."I'm ready. I'm prepared for the worst. Rappler is prepared for the worst but we are desperately hoping for the best because we believe that the mission of journalism is extremely important today," she said in a virtual interview Saturday.

“Let’s hope that on Monday a trial judge in Manila will send a very different message. And that if she doesn’t, we will see a robust response,” she added. Businessman Wilfredo Keng had accused Rappler of smearing his reputation over a May 2012 article alleging that he supposedly allowed former Chief Justice Renato Corona to use an SUV. The same article cited an intelligence report alleging Keng had a shady past.

 

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My understanding on all the issues presented by the prosecutor & defence in court during the Cyber-libel case hearing will favor the accused once it reaches the Suppreme Court..

kapareho na din tayo ng china, ang gusto lang ng gobyerno ang pwedeng ibalita. hindi ka pwede kumontra, kung ayaw mo makulong. iyan ang tatak ng poong dutae

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Fake news pa more...

Sna 2022 na pra mplitan n mga nsa gobyerno na pti press freedom ay bawal

Mayabang din kasi ito eh, kaya boom siya

What a great day.

Wow goodnews ..

kung sa totoo lang binabalita nyo wala sana problema!! puro kayo fake news eh

D patay ang press freedom kc private individual ng kaso sa kanya!!! Justice was alive in the Philippines!!!

Correction hindi po lahat ng guilty, ay guilty.... Gets nyo... Kahit na nga guilty sa panahong may pandemia binabale wala... 🤔

Ibalik n yan sa manila zoo... Hahah

😭😭😭😭 Tangina this

istandwithmariaressa

Malapit na rin naman mamatay ang demonyong bukbok. Magwawakas narin ang kademonyohan ng demonyong poon ng mga BDDS.🤣

the Pres. Is vey vindictive. LOrd have mercy on us. OUR Blessed Virgin Mary.please protect our Land from communism.

tama, now is the time of reckoning! lahat naman nagng guilty ay may mga kasalanan, kaya nakulong, anu ang masama dun!

Good. Fake news pa more.

Ohh my. The taste of sweet, sweet, justice.

YES!!!!!!

Yes!!!!!! Yahoooo.

jordanberguia Love love love ❤️❤️❤️

payback day. . . este..pay day pala today 😁

She deseved it!!! 👏👏👏👏 lately lang eh she was being interviewed by international journalist. Imagine ba naman na sa pagpapasara daw ng abs-cbn kawawa ang mga 11 million na employees hahaha. mariaressa kahit papano meron ring gagamit sayo sa kulungan hahaha

Yes answered prayers ito. She deserved it. Guilty as charged. Kahit na featured pa sa time magazine. No one is above the law. God is good. All the time!

She deserved it! why? There is a very thin line in between Critic and Fake News as a Journalist you oath to provide truth and no bias information but she was deluded with her so called Press Freedom, Rappler is rubbish and loves spreading hate and fake news

4 years na pala ginigipit ang rappler eh so alam na talaga natin kung sino ang nasa likod nito. porket may lahing chinese ang kalaban. iba din talaga si duterte no. antayin nalang natin karma mo at hatol ng dyos sayo.

Lahat na lang desisyon ng korte para sa ikaliligaya ni Duterte. delima, Sereno and now Ressa. Sana matapos na ang kawalang hustisya na ito.

This is absurd! 😡

These are the true abusers of democracy. The dictators in the media who plays with the minds of the people. Now real justice is served.

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yan ang napala nyo kasi mahilig kayo magbalita na hindi totoo at dapat isinama yong reporter na si Pia Ranada.

Alam ko na ang trending hashtag mamaya.🤣😂🤣🤣

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