Claim 719

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: retired
Source date: 2019-02-13

Quotation from the source

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