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How To Stand Up To A Dictator
How To Stand Up To A Dictator
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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, has landed her in trouble with the most powerful man in the country: President Duterte.
Now, hounded by the state, she has multiple arrest warrants against her, and a potential 100+ years behind bars to prepare for—while she stands trial for speaking the truth.
How To Stand Up To A Dictator 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 Duterte's drug wars, to America's Capitol Hill, to Britain's Brexit, to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare, to Facebook and Silicon Valley, to our own clicks and our votes.
Told from the frontline of the digital war, this is Maria Ressa's urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line, before it is too late.
Praise for Maria Ressa:
Winner of the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021; Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2021
'A personal hero of mine ... she's an important warning for the rest of us'
Hillary Clinton
'Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in, but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truth'
Amal Clooney
'Maria is a key voice ... she is so incredible in so many ways'
Carole Cadwalladr
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A note on book covers: while we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Digital battlegrounds for democracy and truth.
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Who is this book for?
If you're concerned about the fight for truth in today's digital age, this book by Maria Ressa is a compelling read. It offers an inside look at the front lines of media and democracy, revealing how disinformation campaigns threaten our freedoms. Ressa's courageous story will resonate with anyone worried about the future of honest information and the power structures that try to silence it.