Award-winning Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has been freed on bail, a day after her arrest on charges of “cyber-libel” drew international condemnation.
Ms Ressa is CEO of Rappler, a news website critical of the government.
She was arrested at its headquarters on Wednesday by agents from the National Bureau of Investigation.
Press freedom advocates see this as a government attempt to silence the news organisation.
Ms Ressa has been accused of “cyber-libel” over a seven-year-old report on a businessman’s alleged ties to a former judge.
The charges – the latest in a string against her – carry a potential 12 years in prison.
AFP news agency reports that bail was fixed at 100,000 pesos ($1,900; £1,470), and that it is the sixth time Ms Ressa has been obliged to post bail.
“Every one of the cases that have been filed against me and against Rappler are ludicrous,” Ms Ressa told the BBC after her release. “They are used as political tools and the crazy thing is we are just doing our jobs.”
Rappler is known in the Philippines for its hard-hitting investigations. It is one of few media organisations that openly criticises President Rodrigo Duterte, regularly interrogating the accuracy of his public statements and condemning his sometimes deadly policies.
In particular, Rappler has published a number of reports critical of Mr Duterte’s war on drugs, which police say has killed around 5,000 people in the last three years. In December, it also reported on his public admission that he sexually assaulted a maid.
A spokesman for President Duterte insisted the government has nothing to do with the libel case, and does not pursue critical journalists.
“That’s absolutely unrelated. The president has been criticised and he does not bother,” Salvador Panelo told DZMM radio.
BBC Philippines Correspondent Howard Johnson reports that journalists there are subjected to threats by supporters of the president, however.
Some argue that the press is biased against Mr Duterte, and that reports focus on his bloody drug war at the expense of his achievements while in office.