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Philippine court overturns shutdown order on critical news outlet Rappler, a victory for press freedom.

Rappler calls decision to overturn shutdown order ‘vindication after a tortuous eight years of harassment’.

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Philippines Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler have been acquitted of tax fraud by a trial court.

Maria Ressa said the charges against her were politically motivated as Rappler was critical of Duterte's brutal crackdown on illegal drugs that left thousands of mostly petty drug suspects dead.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has been acquitted of a final tax evasion charge though she still faces two remaining legal cases she believes the former Philippine president used to muzzle her critical reporting

There’s misinformation and a miasma of mistrust hovering over the media all around the world. Is the truth still out there?