"Inspirational 2021 Nobel Peace Prize WINNER Maria Ressa's personal frontline manifesto in the war against authoritarianism's sinister uses of big tech WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021. What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate, has landed her in trouble with the most powerful man in the country- President Duterte. Now, hounded by the state, she has multiple arrest warrants against her name, and a potential 100+ years behind bars to prepare for - while she stands trial for speaking the truth. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts, and how an invisible atom bomb has exploded online that is killing our freedoms. It maps a network of disinformation - a heinous web of cause and effect - that has netted the globe- from Duterte's drug wars, to America's Capitol Hill, to Britain's Brexit, to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare, to Facebook and Silicon Valley, to our own clicks and our own votes. Told from the frontline of the digital war, this is Maria Ressa's urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line, before it is too late. Praise for Maria Ressa- Winner of the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021 'A personal hero of mine ... she's an important warning for the rest of us' Hillary Clinton 'Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in, but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truth' Amal Clooney 'Maria is a key voice ... she is so incredible in so many ways' Carole Cadwalladr"

Foreword / by Amal Clooney
Prologue: The invisible atom bomb : live in the (present) moment (of the past)
Part I: Homecoming: Power, the press, and the Philippines, 1963-2004. The golden rule : make the choice to learn
The honor code : draw the line
The speed of trust : be vulnerable
The mission of journalism : be honest
Part II: The rise of Facebook, Rappler, and the Internet's black hole, 2005-2017. The network effect : hitting the tipping point
Creating ripples of change : build a team
How friends of friends brought democracy down : think slow, not fast
How the rule of law crumbled from within : silence is complicity
Part III: Crackdown, arrests, elections, and the fight for our future, 2018-present. Surviving a thousand cuts : believe in the good
Don't become a monster : embrace your fear
Hold the line : what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Why fascism is winning : collaborate, collaborate, collaborate
Epilogue
2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov's 10-point plan to address the information crisis