How to Stand Up to a Dictator

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Courageous battle for truth against oppressive regimes.

If you're passioned about defending democratic values and the real-life impacts of activism, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" might resonate deeply with you. Maria Ressa’s experiences as a journalist battling against government corruption and disinformation campaigns offer a harrowing yet inspiring narrative. It's particularly compelling if you're interested in the intersection of press freedom, technology, and politics.

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How to Stand Up to a Dictator

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ISBN: 9780753559215
Authors: Maria Ressa
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Date of Publication: 2023-09-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Biographies & Memoirs, History
Goodreads rating: 4.34
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What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate, has landed her in trouble with the most powerful man in the country: President Duterte. Now, hounded by the state, she has multiple arrest warrants against her name, and a potential 100+ years behind bars to prepare for—while she stands trial for speaking the truth. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts, and how an invisible atom bomb has exploded online that is killing our freedoms. It maps a network of disinformation—a heinous web of cause and effect—that has netted the globe: from Duterte's drug wars, to America's Capitol Hill, to Britain's Brexit, to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare, to Facebook and Silicon Valley, to our own clicks and our own votes. Told from the frontline of the digital war, this is Maria Ressa's urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line, before it is too late.
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Courageous battle for truth against oppressive regimes.

If you're passioned about defending democratic values and the real-life impacts of activism, "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" might resonate deeply with you. Maria Ressa’s experiences as a journalist battling against government corruption and disinformation campaigns offer a harrowing yet inspiring narrative. It's particularly compelling if you're interested in the intersection of press freedom, technology, and politics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.