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Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2021). Time Person of the Year. Tireless defender of facts in an age of disinformation. Co-founder of Rappler, one of Southeast Asia\u2019s most influential independent news outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ressa knows the frontline of democracy and press freedom like few others. She faced arrests, lawsuits and online troll armies because she kept doing what matters most: raising truth above power. As a former CNN journalist, award-winning author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator and professor at Columbia University, she explores how we can protect free societies in an online world that is rapidly polarising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can we learn from a woman who challenged dictators, holds tech giants accountable and refuses to be silenced? How do we build a digital future where facts win over falsehoods? And what role do we \u2013 citizens, journalists, activists and entrepreneurs \u2013 play in defending democracy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An inspiring keynote not to be missed at Forward Fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Maria Ressa will unfortunately not be able to attend Forward Fest in person, but will join online and share the keynote session with Jasmine Malekzadem<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"type-sessie":[5],"class_list":["post-1210","sessie","type-sessie","status-publish","hentry","type-sessie-keynote"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKEYNOTE: Maria Ressa (digital) - Forward Fest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forwardfest.be\/en\/sessie\/keynote-maria-ressa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KEYNOTE: Maria Ressa (digital) - Forward Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2021). 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