One recent afternoon, two men showed up at the entrance to Rappler, a Philippine online news site co-founded and headed by veteran journalist Maria Ressa.
Introducing themselves to the guard as "independent writers," the men sought to call out Ressa for "damaging" the country's reputation with the site's news reports. The visit was live-streamed on Facebook; Rappler said some viewers left comments calling "for violence towards Ressa, Rappler, and its offices."
Rappler, launched in January 2012, is among the media outlets that have reported critically on President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs, starting in 2016. Its coverage earned it a number of nominations and citations, including the Human Rights Press Awards in 2017.