Social media creating virus of lies, says Nobel winner Maria Ressa

Philippine journalist and peace prize laureate says sites are biased against facts and in need of overhaul

Social media platforms are biased against facts and creating a virus of lies" that threatens all democracies, the Nobel peace prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa has said.

Ressa, one of the Philippines' most prominent journalists, said social media platforms were manipulating our minds insidiously, creating alternate realities, making it impossible for us to think slow."