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What charges was Maria Ressa, the founder of Rappler, acquitted of in the Philippines?

On Jan. 18, 2023, Maria Ressa, a veteran journalist and Nobel laureate, was acquitted of tax evasion charges in the Philippines, where she is regarded as the “>face of the free press.”> Rappler, her news outlet, has been known for its in-depth coverage of Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war. In what’s considered a silencing campaign, Ressa has been charged with several civil and criminal offenses since 2018. In 2021, she won the Nobel peace prize for “>safeguarding freedom of expression.“>_x000D_face three more legal cases, a separate tax case filed by prosecutors in another court, her supreme court appeal on an online libel conviction, and Rappler’s appeal against the closure order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.