This year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipients — two investigative journalists from the Philippines and Russia — used their acceptance speeches today to criticize social media companies for spreading disinformation and to warn about the growing spread of authoritarianism.
Maria Ressa, the CEO of Rappler, a Filipino news site, said social media companies have a responsibility to fight disinformation and its corrosive effects on public discourse and democracy.
“If you’re working in tech, I’m talking to you,” said Ressa, addressing dignitaries in Oslo’s cavernous city hall. ” How can you have election integrity if you don’t have integrity of facts?”
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Source: Nobel Peace laureates blast tech giants and warn against rising authoritarianism | NPR