Mr. Brown: using the Internet for free speech

Lee Kin Mun, aka "mrbrown", is a Singaporean blogger and satirist. He speaks with 95bFM's Simon Pound about how the Internet has enabled people to speak freely about issues they see as important. Formerly employed as a journalist in Singapore, he was fired for expressing his political views even though he did so satirically. He's currently in New Zealand to speak at the Bananas NZ: Going Global conference and will also be speaking at the Karajoz Great Blend next Saturday. His daily (Mon-Fri) podcast attracts over 20,000 unique listens every day, and his blog has currently become somewhat of a travelogue describing his time here in NZ. Russell Brown interviewed him for The Listener, and in that interview he talks about how the Internet has opened up a world to people who previously would be unable to access alternative views -- most of the media in Singapore is state-controlled.