Journalist and activist Maria Ressa, who received the coveted Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, criticized Facebook for spreading misinformation and lies 'laced with anger and hate,' the Guardian reported.
Facebook has struggled with misinformation rapidly spreading on its platforms.
"If you have no facts, you can't have truths, you can't have trust. If you don't have any of these, you don't have a democracy," Ressa told the Guardian in an interview.this week for their "efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace." Ressa, CEO of independent online newspaper Rappler, was lauded by the international community after being charged and arrested by the Philippine government, supposedly in retaliation for her paper's critical coverage of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's policies and human rights violations surrounding his "war on drugs."on its policies toward leaders like Duterte and its role in developing countries and non-democratic regimes.
Facebook has struggled to make an impact on battling misinformation on its various platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp. The company has spent
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