Shock Waves and Website Rappler

i m: Bail for Ressa, who holds Philippine and American passports, is normally automatic in this case and she went before a judge on Friday morning, according to The Japan Times. After her release on the equivalent of 1,700 bail, she told reporters, The press in this country is under attack. Ressa and her website Rappler have been hit with a string of criminal charges in recent months that have sent shock waves through the Philippine media scene, prompting allegations she and her team are being targeted for their work. ; I'm being treated like a criminal when my only crime is to be an independent journalist, Ressa told reporters before her arrest at Manila airport, where she had just landed from a trip abroad. We won't take the threat sitting down. She was taken into custody on a charge that she allowed her name to be used to circumvent a Philippine law against foreign ownership of media properties, a charge that stems from a 2015 investment into Rappler. The rule of law has been weaponized. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.