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MANILA (Reuters) -Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation and is \u201cbiased against facts\u201d.<\/p>

Filipino journalist and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, one of 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners, poses for a portrait in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 9, 2021. REUTERS\/Eloisa Lopez<\/figcaption>

The veteran journalist and head of Philippine news site Rappler told Reuters in an interview after winning the award that Facebook\u2019s algorithms \u201cprioritise the spread of lies laced with anger and hate over facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her comments add to the pile of recent pressure on Facebook, used by more than 3 billion people, which a former employee turned whistleblower here accused of putting profit over the need to curb hate speech and misinformation. Facebook denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Sought for comment on Ressa\u2019s remarks, a Facebook spokesperson said the social media giant continues to invest heavily to remove and reduce the visibility of harmful content.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe in press freedom and support news organisations and journalists around the world as they continue their important work,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

Ressa here shared the Nobel here with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov here on Friday, for what the committee called braving the wrath of the leaders of the Philippines and Russia to expose corruption and misrule, in an endorsement of free speech under fire worldwide.<\/p>\n

Facebook has become the world\u2019s largest distributor of news and \u201cyet it is biased against facts, it is biased against journalism,\u201d Ressa said.<\/p>

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\u201cIf you have no facts, you can\u2019t have truths, you can\u2019t\u2019 have trust. If you don\u2019t have any of these, you don\u2019t have a democracy,\u201d she said. \u201cBeyond that, if you don\u2019t have facts, you don\u2019t\u2019 have a shared reality, so you can\u2019t solve the existential problems of climate, coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ressa has been the target of intense social-media hatred campaigns from President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s supporters, which she said were aimed at destroying her and Rappler\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n

ELECTION \u2018A BATTLE FOR FACTS\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThese online attacks on social media have a purpose, they are targeted, they are used like a weapon,\u201d said the former CNN journalist.<\/p>\n

Rappler’s reporting has included close scrutiny of Duterte’s deadly war on drugs here and a series of investigative reports into what it says is his government’s strategy to “weaponise” the internet, using bloggers on its payroll to stir up anger among online supporters who threaten and discredit Duterte’s critics.<\/p>\n

Duterte has not commented on Ressa\u2019s award. The presidential palace, Duterte\u2019s spokesperson, his chief legal counsel, and communications office did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Facebook in March 2019 removed an online network in the Philippines for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour here”, and linked it to a businessman who has previously said he helped manage the president’s social media election campaign in 2016.<\/p>\n

Filipinos top the world here in time spent on social media, according to 2021 studies by social media management firms.<\/p>\n

Platforms like Facebook have become political battlegrounds and have helped strengthen Duterte\u2019s support base, having been instrumental in his election victory in 2016 and a rout by his allies in mid-term polls last year.<\/p>\n

The Philippines will hold an election in May to choose a successor to Duterte here, who under the constitution is not allowed to seek another term.<\/p>\n

That campaign \u201cwill be a battle for facts,\u201d Ressa said. \u201cWe are going to keep making sure our public sees the facts, understands it. We are not going to be harassed or intimidated into silence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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