Filipino journalist and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, one of 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners, speaks during an interview in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 9, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
NOBEL Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa (pic) called for technology companies to face greater regulation globally to curb disinformation on social media, as she criticised Facebook Inc for being “biased against facts”.
“This is like an atom bomb exploded in our information ecosystem because we can’t tell facts from fiction,” Ressa said, in a pre-taped interview for Bloomberg Live’s Equality Summit.
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