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Claim 715

TIME quoted Maria Ressa saying, after her February 2019 cyber libel arrest, that the charges were tools being used to try to silence her and Rappler.

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

Statement
TIME quoted Maria Ressa saying, after her February 2019 cyber libel arrest, that the charges were tools being used to try to silence her and Rappler.
Field
action
Value
Ressa: arrest is a tool to silence us
About
incident 2019-philippines-arrests-ressa
Source
Journalist Maria Ressa Arrested for 'Cyber Libel' in the Philippines
Publisher
TIME
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2019-02-13

Quotation from the source

These are tools that are being used to try to silence us.