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 ETHZilla will rebrand as Forum Markets and trade as FRMM on Nasdaq at the start of March The…
From today’s order by Chief Judge Reed O’Connor (N.D. Tex.) in Doe v. X Corp.: [The federal] Non-Consensual Intimate Image…
In brief TIME reports Anthropic dropped a pledge to halt training without guaranteed safeguards. OpenAI also removed “safely” from its…
Robert De Niro wrapped up an event called “State of the Swamp”—a largely Democratic Party–coded counter-event to President Donald Trump’s…
In brief Bitcoin ETF shares can be created or redeemed by authorized participants without requiring instant purchases or sales of…
The U.S. Department of Defense is in a standoff with artificial intelligence developer Anthropic over the company’s refusal to let…
In brief USDC circulation rose 72% year-on-year to $75.3B. Transaction volume jumped 247% to $11.9T. CRCL shares climbed as much…
Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota) has a very interesting item on this today at Lawfare; I’m not an expert on the…
In brief Nvidia’s data-center revenue rose 75% to $62.3 billion, reinforcing its dominance at the core of global AI infrastructure…
from the the-failure-is-the-system dept We’ve been saying this for years now, and we’re going to keep saying it until the…
From Judge Kurt Engelhardt, joined by Judge Leslie Southwick in today’s Woodlands Pride, Inc. v. Paxton (Judge James Dennis, who…
In brief Samsung brands the Galaxy S26 as the first “agentic AI phone.” Samsung is layering Gemini, Perplexity, and a…