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Social media bosses are ‘the largest dictators’, says Nobel peace prize winner


Journalist Maria Ressa named Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in speech at Hay literary festival in Powys

“Tech bros” such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are “the largest dictators”, Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel peace prize last year for her defence of media freedom, has said. Speaking at the Hay literary festival in Powys, Ressa said Zuckerberg and Musk have “proven that we all, regardless of culture, language, or geography, have far more in common than we have differences because we’re all being manipulated the same way”. She urged the audience at Hay to “walk into the real world” and organise with their families and friends, “because the information operations target you.

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