Rappler's court victory sheds light on the truth

THE recent legal victory of the Rappler media website is also a win for Philippine democracy and its institutions. Maria Ressa, co-founder and chief executive officer of Rappler, shot to global fame for portraying former president Rodrigo Duterte as a dictator and for saying that Philippine democracy, like many others around the world, had been broken by Facebook. She won a Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign against Mr. Duterte, whom she accused of clamping down on free speech. She wrote about it in her new book, How to Stand Up to a Dictator.