# Claim 669

The story and law timeline underlying the charge.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The story and law timeline underlying the charge.
- Field: action
- Value: Case tied to a 2012 story predating the law
- About: [incident 2019-philippines-arrests-ressa](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-philippines-arrests-ressa)
- Source: Philippines' Maria Ressa detained and released over 'political' charge. https://cpj.org/thetorch/2019/02/maria-ressa-detained-overnight/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2019-02-14

## Quotation from the source

> in connection to a story published by Rappler in 2012, before the law was enacted

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/669. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.