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 The Supreme Court ruled that presidents can fire SEC, CFTC, and other agency commissioners at will. The decision…
Donald Trump and FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. In today’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court ruled that…
In brief Shares of Strategy snapped a nine-day losing streak, paring monthly losses on the back of a capital management…
I have a regular routine for Supreme Court decision days. On one monitor, I have the SCOTUSBlog liveblog. On a…
In brief DeepReinforce released Ornith-1.0 on June 25 under MIT license, purpose-built for AI coding agents working in real terminal…
from the but-he-returns-their-calls! dept Back in July of 2024, when two of the biggest big shots in venture capital, Marc…
President Donald Trump has the power to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission but cannot give the boot to…
In brief 360 founder Zhou Hongyi unveiled “Tulong Feng” at ISC.AI 2026, claiming it is China’s answer to Anthropic’s Mythos…
On Monday in Chatrie v. United States, the Supreme Court held that government-ordered analysis of data collected via Google’s Location History…
In brief Meta introduced Brain2Qwerty v2, a non-invasive AI system that decodes brain activity into text. The model achieved 61%…
from the why-limit-yourself-to-$1.8-billion dept It just wasn’t enough to pardon hundreds of people who raided the Capitol building to overturn…
Over the past year and a half, Trump administration officials have gone after protestors—and even apps—critical of the government’s immigration…