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.
I.Dismal reviews notwithstanding, I hoped that “Wuthering Heights”—writer-director Emerald Fennell’s cinematic adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 gothic novel—would at least…
from the working-for-the-weekend dept For many years now we’ve had two regular posts that come out on the weekends: our…
In brief AlphaTON Capital and the Midnight Foundation introduced Vera Report, an anonymous reporting app integrated with Telegram’s ecosystem. The…
From Upsolve, Inc. v. James, decided Friday by Judge Lewis Kaplan (S.D.N.Y.) (for the earlier decision reaching the opposite result,…
In brief OpenAI and xAI released their best models to date in recent weeks. They have different users in mind,…
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The fictional Star Wars universe is full of terrifying and powerful villains, from planet-destroying superweapons to black-cloaked space wizards wielding…
When Xi Jinping gloated about the “chaos” that rules world affairs, he hardly had in mind a cacophony of drone…
from the so-it-went dept Five Years Ago This week in 2021, while AT&T was apparently committed to being comically hypocritical…
In brief Colossus is attempting to bypass Visa and Mastercard by building its own sovereign credit card rail using an…
When America sends missiles and tanks into a sovereign country, is it war? Let’s find out! The post Is It…
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