How to Stand Up to a Dictator
Author: Ressa, Maria
ISBN: 9780753559208
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 29 Nov 2022
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Inspirational 2021 Nobel Peace Prize WINNER Maria RessaP#39;s personal frontline manifesto in the war against authoritarianismP#39;s sinister uses of big tech
Plt;bPgt;*BBC RADIO 4 START OF THE WEEK and Plt;iPgt;GUARDIAN Plt;/iPgt;BOOK OF THE YEAR*Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;What will you sacrifice for the truth?Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;How to Stand Up to a Dictator Plt;/iPgt;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 DuterteP#39;s drug wars, to AmericaP#39;s Capitol Hill, to BritainP#39;s Brexit, to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare, to Facebook and Silicon Valley, to our own clicks and our own votes.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Told from the frontline of the digital war, this is Maria RessaP#39;s urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line, before it is too late.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Praise for Maria Ressa:Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Winner of the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A personal hero of mine ... sheP#39;s an important warning for the rest of usP#39;Plt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Hillary ClintonPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in, but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truthP#39;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Amal ClooneyPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Maria is a key voice ... she is so incredible in so many waysP#39;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Carole CadwalladrPlt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9780753559208
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 29 Nov 2022
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Inspirational 2021 Nobel Peace Prize WINNER Maria RessaP#39;s personal frontline manifesto in the war against authoritarianismP#39;s sinister uses of big tech
Plt;bPgt;*BBC RADIO 4 START OF THE WEEK and Plt;iPgt;GUARDIAN Plt;/iPgt;BOOK OF THE YEAR*Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;What will you sacrifice for the truth?Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;How to Stand Up to a Dictator Plt;/iPgt;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 DuterteP#39;s drug wars, to AmericaP#39;s Capitol Hill, to BritainP#39;s Brexit, to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare, to Facebook and Silicon Valley, to our own clicks and our own votes.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Told from the frontline of the digital war, this is Maria RessaP#39;s urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line, before it is too late.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Praise for Maria Ressa:Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Winner of the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;A personal hero of mine ... sheP#39;s an important warning for the rest of usP#39;Plt;iPgt; Plt;/iPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Hillary ClintonPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in, but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truthP#39;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Amal ClooneyPlt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;P#39;Maria is a key voice ... she is so incredible in so many waysP#39;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Carole CadwalladrPlt;/bPgt;
