In a statement posted on Twitter, Rapper said the conviction "sets a dangerous precedent not only for journalists but for everyone online."
Rappler issued the statement moments after the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 found Ressa and Santos guilty of cyber libel and sentenced them to six months and one day to up to six years in jail.
Government prosecutors indicted Ressa, Santos, and Rappler for cyber libel in January 2019 over an article published by the news site in 2012 that cites an "intelligence report" linking Wilfredo Keng, a businessman and the private complainant, to human trafficking and drug smuggling.
Source:--KBK, GMA News
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