Maria Ressa at UNGA 80th anniv: 'Information integrity is the mother of all battles'

J.F. Ronaldo 9/27/2025 07:02:00 AM

September 22, 2025 at 09:03PM

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa speaks at the high-level plenary meeting commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the United Nations in New York. "Information integrity is the mother of all battles. Win this, and we can win the rest. Lose this, and we lose everything. Please choose courage over comfort, facts over fiction, hope over fear," she tells the General Assembly. Updates from Community app: https://rplr.co/FrontPage Subscribe: http://rplr.co/RapplerYouTube More videos on Rappler: https://bit.ly/4pHyYNN

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