Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa Calls Facebook An 'Atom Bomb'

Her prize is "a recognition of how we're going to win the battle for truth," she said.

[Above, Maria Ressa is on a Zoom call talking about independent journalism when she learns she has won a Nobel Peace Prize.]

Congratulations to Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Not to take anything away from Ressa's well-deserved award, BUT...

..the punches just keep coming for Facebook this week.

Ressa is known for her clear-eyed attacks on social media algorithms and their impact on our society's ability to tell truth from lies. As she wrote in 2016 (ahem):

"Facebook's algorithms, created in a black box, are extremely powerful in shaping reality and creating echo chambers that could be harmful to democracy. ...They cater to our weaknesses, what psychologists call cognitive bias – when we unconsciously gravitate towards those who echo what we believe."

Mark Zuckerberg is no match for Maria Ressa. Take a look:

Her book comes out next April.

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