Journalism.SG

by CHERIAN GEORGE September 20th, 2012 The Singapore Government’s order that Google block YouTube viewers here from watching an extreme anti-Islam video is a case of several wrongs not making a right. It also shows,…

by CHERIAN GEORGE September 15th, 2012 In sending a man to jail for violence-ridden Facebook posts, Singapore’s High Court has drawn a line around extreme speech that is more restrictive of political expression than what…

by CHERIAN GEORGE September 4th, 2012 Text of a talk delivered at the Singapore Management University law school on 3 September. When I started writing about press freedom issues more than 25 years ago, most…

by CHERIAN GEORGE August 13th, 2012 One of the biggest challenges I set myself in writing Freedom From The Press was to ensure that an essentially academic monograph would also be accessible by the lay…

by CHERIAN GEORGE June 11th, 2012 Originally published at http://cheriangeorge.tumblr.com/ Singapore sometimes seems like a metropolis in search of a kampung spirit. And I don’t mean in a good way, like being caring and considerate…

by CHERIAN GEORGE June 2nd, 2012 Above: This afternoon’s event at Hong Lim Park commemorated the 25th anniversary of Operation Spectrum. It was organised by Maruah and Function 8. Read Yawning Bread’s report of the…

by CHERIAN GEORGE May 25th, 2012 Some internet users are embedded with a special microchip that wirelessly connects their keyboards to the ugliest recesses of their brains – bypassing common sense and conscience. This technology…

by CHERIAN GEORGE March 11th, 2012 Edited version of a talk at the Association of Muslim Professionals’ Community In Review seminar 2012 on 10 March. The theme of the seminar was “To Post or Not…

by CHERIAN GEORGE March 11th, 2012 I was quoted in today’s Today suggesting that prominent independent websites come together to develop a voluntary code of ethics. An equally important point I made to the reporter…