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 1988, Peng Peiyun was assigned to China’s State Family Planning Commission. Her job was to implement the relatively new…
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Many Venezuelans celebrated after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and flew him to New York to…
From his Free Press article; Ferguson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a former Harvard history professor, and…
Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in his palace at the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran on Saturday…
Paedophilia may not be the most serious of crimes—murder is surely more serious—but it is arguably the worst. Child abuse…
from the that-was-that dept Five Years Ago This week in 2021, Australian news sites were reacting bizarrely to Facebook’s withdrawal…
An excerpt from Prof. Goldsmith’s post at Executive Functions: We’re already seeing a debate about the legality of President Trump’s…
Frame grab from an eight minute statement made by United States President Donald J Trump that was released via his…
President Donald Trump banned all federal agencies from contracting with Anthropic after the company refused to remove its restrictions on…
The price of Bitcoin rapidly fell overnight as the United States and Israel began joint “major combat operations” in Iran,…
In brief The OCC proposed rules that would restrict certain stablecoin rewards programs under the GENIUS Act. The language could…