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 Kalshi is facing a lawsuit in California over its resolution of a market related to the former Iranian…
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi had a lot to catch up on this week on Freed Up after Donald Trump fired Department…
In brief The Florida State Senate passed Senate Bill 314 unanimously on Friday, positioning Florida to join other states with…
from the bad-ideas-stupider-ideas dept Republican lawmakers in Utah have long been on the cutting edge of shitty policymaking when it…
“A president who valued honesty, transparency, and accountability would already have canned” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem,…
In brief Binance denied violating Iran sanctions with more than $1.7 billion in transactions in a new letter to Senator…
What exactly is it that the federal government is doing around here? After well over a decade, the executive branch…
In brief A Washington man has been jailed for two years for diverting $35 million in company funds to a…
from the please-don’t-kill-us-mr.-dictator dept We’ve been covering the ongoing saga of the Trump administration’s attempt to destroy Anthropic for the…
On a Sunday in February, Mexico’s second-largest city ground to a standstill. Gunmen used burning cars as flaming barricades, shutting…
In brief Dubai’s virtual asset regulator, VARA, issued a cease and desist order to KuCoin saying that it is not…
from the self-made-masked-men dept ICE has been telling itself all it needs to do is write its own paperwork and…