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BREAKING NEWS. The Manila Trial Court convicts Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Rey Santos Jr of cyber libel.

Soon on rappler.com/nation #DefendPressFreedom #CourageON #HoldTheLine
How did we get here? Here’s a rundown of the events surrounding Rappler’s cyber libel case. rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/2…
Here are frequently asked questions and answers regarding the case. rappler.com/about-rappler/…
Maria Ressa’s arrest in February 2019 is perceived to test the young cybercrime law, which underwent intense scrutiny even after its enactment.

A leading cyber lawyer says the case will have implications on other online publications. rappler.com/nation/223447-…
What are the details of the cyber libel complaint against Rappler? rappler.com/nation/194279-…
With the cyber libel case filed against Rappler, the DOJ said online publishers can be sued within 12 years of publication – a cause of alarm for anybody who publishes content online. rappler.com/nation/223517-…
Here's a list of complaints and cases filed against Rappler since January 2018, barely 6 months after President Rodrigo Duterte falsely claimed that Rappler is "fully owned by Americans.” rappler.com/nation/223968-…
FULL STORY: rappler.com/nation/263790-…
The court sentenced Ressa and Santos to 6 months and 1 day to up to 6 years in jail. They are currently posting bail. Rappler as a company was declared to have no liability.
Ressa and Santos are ordered to pay Keng 200k in moral damages and 200k in exemplary damages. | via @lianbuan
Judge: Rappler did not verify in reckless disregard. Keng negotiated to air his side but Rappler failed to do so. | via @lianbuan
@lianbuan Keng did not attend the verdict. He was represented by his 3 private lawyers. | via @lianbuan
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Rappler's @lianbuan tweets portions of the 37-page decision of Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa in convicting Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos Jr of cyber libel charges, sentencing them to 6 mos 1 day up to 6 years. They are entitled to post-conviction bail under same bond.
@lianbuan Judge Montesa affirmed that the update in 2014 constituted republication, which made the article fall under the Sept 2012 Cybercrime Law. Article was written May 2012, or before law, but a typo error (evasion spelled as evation) was corrected Feb 2014. | via @lianbuan
The Court did not accept Rappler's assertion that what was corrected was just a typo error, and faulted them for not presenting Rey Santos on the stand to testify that no substantial change was made on his article in 2014. | via @lianbuan
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FAILURE OF JUSTICE, FAILURE OF DEMOCRACY: Rappler statement on the conviction of Rappler CEO and Executive Editor @mariaressa and former researcher-writer Rey Santos Jr. for cyber libel

#CourageOn #DefendPressFreedom #HoldTheLine
@mariaressa Today is a day of grief, mourning, and rage. Manila RTC Judge Rainelda Estacio Montesa convicted Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Rey Santos Jr of cyber libel. #CourageON #HoldTheLine #DefendPressFreedom

READ: rappler.com/views/animated…
@mariaressa They were sentenced to jail for 6 months and 1 day up to 6 years, and allowed bail. She completed the trial in only 8 months, possibly the fastest libel trial in recent history. #CourageON #HoldTheLine #DefendPressFreedom

READ: rappler.com/views/animated…
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JUST IN: 16 students in Iligan City were arrested by cops even before their anti-terror bill protest began today. Police have not told them what cases they will file. | via @ramboreports

Details to follow on rappler.com/nation
@ramboreports Participant of the protest and witness Gil Nambatac says police arrested the 16 without any provocation at Iligan's Freedom Park. | via @ramboreports
@ramboreports In a phone interview with Rappler, Regional Director BGen Rolando Anduyan says it does not matter if the protest has not begun yet during the arrest because he says they still allegedly violated quarantine rules. | via @ramboreports
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