Harvard’s official magazine published an early draft of the antisemitic speech delivered Thursday by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa in which a passage defending Jewish students, which she did not read onstage, appeared in the text.
Harvard Chabad Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi confronted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa onstage at Harvard’s graduation on Thursday after Ressa, who delivered the commencement address, used antisemitic language in her speech.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an agency best known for maintaining a list of humanity’s most valuable cultural heritage sites, demanded the establishment of “global guidelines for the regulation of social media” in a conference on Wednesday to address alleged “disinformation.”
A court in the Philippines convicted the founder of a news website critical of President Rodrigo Duterte on charges of “cyber libel” on Monday and sentenced her to at least six months and up to six years in prison.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s legal counsel Salvador Panelo told reporters Tuesday he was “excited” to face off against Amal Clooney, representing the founder of media outlet Rappler, Maria Ressa, stating Ressa chose her because she is “not only beautiful but also sexy.”
The founder of the English-language Filipino website Rappler, who have been strongly critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been arrested for the second time on violating laws barring foreign ownership of media.
America’s embassy in the Philippines issued a statement Thursday demanding “due process” for Maria Ressa, the CEO of the publication Rappler, who was arrested Wednesday on “cyber libel” charges for publishing a government intelligence report.
Police in the Philippines arrested Maria Ressa, the CEO of the major online publication Rappler, and former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos, Jr., on Wednesday on charges of “cyber libel” for an article quoting a government intelligence report accusing a wealthy businessman of having ties to drug trafficking.