Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa attends the news conference with the Peace Prize winners on the day before the award ceremony, at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway, December 9, 2021. NTB/Torstein Boe via REUTERS
OSLO (Reuters) - Elections worldwide cannot be conducted with integrity as long as social media platforms amplify lies over facts, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said on Thursday, a day before she will collect the award jointly with Russia's Dmitry Muratov.
The journalists won the award for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression at a time when free, independent and fact-based journalism is under fire, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said when announcing the prize in October.
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