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.
from the nothing-to-see-here dept The Trump administration’s war on science has been a furious one. Be it deep cuts to…
In brief KC Green, creator of the 2013 ‘This Is Fine’ webcomic, says AI startup Artisan ran subway ads using…
In brief Colorado lawmakers plan to repeal and replace the state’s AI law, SB24-205. New rules would regulate AI used…
Seattle’s socialist Mayor Katie Wilson has a message for prosperous people leaving Washington over the state’s soaring tax burden. “Bye!”…
In brief DeepClaude is a wrapper script that redirects Claude Code’s API calls to cheaper Anthropic-compatible backends like DeepSeek V4…
In Mufarreh v. Google, Inc., decided Friday by the Illinois Appellate Court (Justice Raymond Mitchell, joined by Justices Sharon Oden-Johnson…
In brief Aave asks a New York court to release $71 million frozen on Arbitrum after the Kelp DAO exploit.…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by special guest Kate Andrews, opinion journalist for The Washington Post,…
In brief OpenMythos is a from-scratch reconstruction of the Claude Mythos architecture, built only from public research papers and educated…
Condemning Nicotine Pouches, Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee Reveals Her Hostility to Harm Reduction
During his Senate confirmation hearing in January 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slipped what…
In brief K Wave Media’s board approved a strategic transformation to reposition the company as an AI infrastructure-focused entity. The…
Mark Collins has run Evergreen Wholesale, a 230-acre plant nursery in San Diego, for over 40 years. But this year,…