Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
In brief PrismML’s Bonsai 27B is a 27-billion-parameter AI model compressed to 3.9 GB—small enough to run on an iPhone…
I wrote about the opinion July 7, when it was issued (see below). Just now, I saw the court issued…
In brief Jesse Pollak is handing leadership of the Base App back to Coinbase while remaining head of the Base…
A few years ago, nuclear power looked doomed. Plants were shutting down. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won applause…
In brief DTCC is testing tokenized stocks and U.S. treasuries with nearly 40 financial firms. Participants include JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,…
from the the-censorship-industrial-complex? dept Last year, the Marco Rubio-run State Department announced that it would start denying visas to people…
On Monday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signaled that a European Union–wide identity verification scheme for social media…
In brief Ostium lost about $18 million USDC in an oracle exploit on Wednesday. Attackers used a compromised oracle signer…
from the somehow-every-DOGE-bro-missed-this-guy dept Donald Trump believes that being elected president means he should never be challenged, never be asked…
It seems unlikely that a merger of Hollywood studios would be a matter for U.S. states to get involved in.…
In brief Bitcoin broke above $64K resistance Tuesday and is trading flat at $64,858 today—just 0.18% down, barely breathing. A…
Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954. How much of an impact did Brown have on racial segregation…