Rock v Hard Place: Internet platforms’ business models have anti-democratic tendencies, but most Asian states can’t be trusted to regulate them. My Shorenstein APARC webinar with Zuraidah Ibrahim can be heard here: bit.ly/3iaAnOZ Asia Democracy Network

Anwar Ibrahim will #Malaysia’s next Prime Minister. Few roads to the top have been as tortuous and dramatic. Here is a clip of my interview with him soon after his release from prison in 2018. youtu.be/theikFERsFg

Bios that media are rushing out on Malaysia’s new PM #AnwarIbrahim focus on party politics. Journalists shouldn’t forget the protest movements he sparked: Reformasi & Bersih surely played critical roles on the sidelines. Whether he now keeps the faith is of course another story.

How do #Singapore universities climb the rankings while scoring a “C” in academic freedom? Ian Chong 莊嘉穎, Shannon Ang & I study the paradox in a new book from Association for Asian Studies, Columbia Univ Press. We summarise our chapter here: academia.sg/academic-views… Scholars At Risk Kris Olds

Why Is Israel Groveling to India's Toxic Hindu Nationalists? - Israel News - Haaretz.com me on the unprecedented pressure on Israel to grovel before the Modi govt for an Israeli filmmaker’s opinion haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Academics may not be free but this book is. Thanks to Association for Asian Studies for making it open-access at asianstudies.org/publications/n…. It includes a chapter on the curious state of #Singapore universities—globally competitive yet politically unfree—by me, Ian Chong 莊嘉穎 & Shannon Ang.

It’ll be my great pleasure to host this webinar on media reform movements, featuring Dr. Ayleen Cabas-Mijares (Marquette Journalism), David E. Kaplan (Global Investigative Journalism Network) and Minna Horowitz (St. John's University). Join us! Register: tinyurl.com/mu6tkbua @ifex Media@Risk IAMCR Journalism Studies / ICA International Center for Journalists European Journalism Centre

What media practices, business models and internet platforms would better serve societal needs? @Ayleen_Cabas (Marquette Journalism), David E. Kaplan (Global Investigative Journalism Network) and Minna Horowitz (St. John's University) share exciting ideas for reform. Join us! Register: tinyurl.com/mu6tkbua IAMCR AEJMC

Amidst cynicism about the press and democracy, journalism educators and researchers need to strengthen the case for media freedom by questioning some long-held assumptions and re-setting our norms around universal human rights. cheriangeorge.net/files/media-fr… IFEX JERAA

"In a year of polarized elections, media will be a target." by Cherian George buff.ly/46UtQeO

Media that attack the freedom of other media are part of a larger paradox: democracy is for the people, but not all people are for democracy. Full manuscript here: papers.ssrn.com/abstract=46925… IFEX Rasmus Kleis Nielsen Mel Bunce FANG Kecheng 方可成 Maria Repnikova

Sometimes censors don't really mean what they say. Here's my attempt to make sense of some of the most fraught free speech disputes in today's culture wars. Full paper here: ssrn.com/abstract=46925… Index on Censorship Cass Sunstein Sejal Parmar saliltripathi (জয় বাংলা!) Irene Khan Guy Berger LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/p0RUy

Watch my conversation with two inspiring activist-academics, @SolIglesias and Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, who have been trying to resist the “red-tagging” of dissent in the Philippines and the silencing of pro-#Palestine perspectives in #Singapore. youtu.be/FNuctMqCYwE

Wikipedia has called the #IndonesiaElection ahead of news media.

A primer. academia.sg/explainer/keyw… Ahmed Shaheed @ihsan_AF UNSR on freedom of religion or belief Nathan Lean John L. Esposito CAIR National endybayuni

How can a peace journalist report about war? What lessons can we learn from #Ukraine and #Gaza? Find out at my webinar this Friday. Details, free registration: hkbu.online/commfilm/count… Cherian George Hong Kong Baptist University #peacejournalism

A conference presentation dedicated to academics everywhere working under bureaucrats who think it’s rational to assess research quality with proxy measures like journal impact factor (literally judging content by the cover): youtu.be/JfDfrBmlf00?si… UniversityWorldNews Kris Olds