She also pointed to social media giants like Facebook as a serious threat to democracy, saying “they actually prioritized the spread of lies laced with anger and hate over facts.” “This relentless campaign of harassment and intimidation against me and my fellow journalists in the Philippines is a stark example of a global trend,” she told The Associated Press. “I didn’t think that what we are going through would get that attention. But the fact that it did also shows you how important the battles we face are, right?” she said. When you’re in a battle for facts, journalism is activism.” “This is going to be what our elections are going to be like next year. Muratov, 59, said he sees the prize as an award to Novaya Gazeta journalists and contributors who were killed, including Anna Politkovskaya, who covered Russia’s bloody conflict in Chechnya.
