Cómo luchar contra un dictador

Maria Ressa has dedicated her life to defending the truth and fighting against authoritarianism. Her meticulous investigative work has exposed disinformation networks and techniques developed by the Philippine Government, which uses new technologies to spread its lies and stir up anger and hatred among its citizens. Her principles have led her to confront the most powerful man in the country: President Duterte. Today, persecuted by the State, several arrest warrants have been issued against her and she faces more than a hundred years in prison. Her crime: telling the truth. How to Fight a Dictator tells the story of how democracies die due to the continued violence and immorality of rulers, and how an invisible threat has infected the internet, destroying our freedoms one by one. These are the numerous disinformation campaigns that spread through social networks: from President Duterte's war on drugs to the assault on the Capitol; from Brexit to the Russian and Chinese cyberwar; from Facebook and the rest of Silicon Valley to our own clicks and votes. Narrated from the trenches of the digital war, this book is an urgent call for awareness and the defense of our democracies.