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Maria Ressa Cyber Libel Case Summary by tamayo.markjon is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos Jr. were found guilty of cyber libel by the Manila Regional Trial Court for a 2012 article accusing businessman Wilfredo Keng of serious crimes, which was deemed republished due to a 2014 typo correction. They were sentenced to up to six years in prison and fined PHP 400,000. The ruling has been criticized as an attack on press freedom, with ongoing appeals from Ressa and Santos.

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