Karen Davila: “This isnt about me… this is about you.”
ABS-CBN news anchor Karen Davila reacted on the controversial conviction of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa who was found guilty of a cyber libel case.
On Monday, June 15, the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 46 convicted Maria Ressa and former reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. for cyber libel filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng.
Maria Ressa and Santos’s conviction drawn mixed reactions from the netizens including renowned personalities and celebrities.
Among who reacted on the court’s verdict of Maria Ressa’s case is prominent anchor, Karen Davila.
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Earlier, Karen Davila took the micro-blogging site, Twitter to divulge her reaction to the apparent conviction of Maria Ressa.
“What a sad day for democracy,” she noted in a post.
“The verdict opens the floodgates for senseless cyberlibel cases against journalists. Instead, it encourages undergound faceless trolling even more,” she wrote.
“Press freedom is the foundation of all our freedoms. This isnt about me… this is about you,” she said.
According to Philnews.ph, the cyber libel case filed by Wilfredo Keng was in relation to the article published by the online news site in 2012 and was republished in 2014 with the title “CJ using SUVs of controversial businessman.”
On February 14, 2019, Maria Ressa was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for the alleged libelous article against the businessman.
After more than a year, the Manila RTC hands down a guilty verdict against Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos Jr.
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