Maria Ressa: platform accountability and truth are existential issues for democracies

Jun 27, 2025

Nobel laureate Maria Ressa told the IGF that platform manipulation, deepfakes and algorithmic echo chambers are accelerating threats to democracy and urged immediate action on platform accountability and human agency.

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Maria Ressa, vice chair of the IGF leadership panel and Nobel laureate, used her closing remarks in Lillestrøm to frame online misinformation, algorithmic manipulation and deepfakes as existential threats to democratic societies and to press for platform accountability.

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