How to Stand Up to a Dictator
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How to Stand Up to a Dictator is Maria Ressa's 2022 account of her journey confronting authoritarianism and defending press freedom in the Philippines. Ressa founded Rappler, a digital news organization, and has faced legal suits, online harassment, and physical threats for her reporting on extrajudicial killings and government corruption. This book documents her resistance and offers a firsthand examination of how disinformation, surveillance, and state power operate in the modern era.
Drawing from her experience as a journalist and activist, Ressa explores the mechanics of how authoritarian regimes consolidate control - particularly through social media manipulation and the weaponization of false narratives. She reflects on the personal toll of speaking truth to power and examines what it takes to maintain integrity and courage when institutional safeguards fail. The narrative moves between her investigations, courtroom battles, and conversations with fellow journalists and activists working under similar pressure across Asia and beyond.
This is neither a manifesto nor a how-to manual in the conventional sense. Rather, it is a chronicle of resilience grounded in specific incidents and choices, intended for readers interested in contemporary journalism, digital-age politics, and the personal dimensions of civic resistance.
- Published 2022
- Genre: Self-Help & Motivation
- Author: Maria Ressa
- Subject: Journalism, authoritarianism, and press freedom
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