What did panel co-chair Maria Ressa say about the report's severity?
Ressa described the report as 'the minimum consensus among panellists rather than the upper limit of concern' — its 'floor,' not its 'ceiling.' She also said 'the world cannot govern what it cannot understand' and warned that without the ability to 'tell fact from fiction, you cannot have a democracy.'
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