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 Judge Kyle Dudek (M.D. Fla.) today in Reilly v. U.S. Att’y Gen.: This case presents a conflict between individual…
In brief GLM-5.2 trails Claude Opus 4.8 by just 1% on FrontierSWE—a benchmark measuring multi-hour autonomous engineering projects—while beating GPT-5.5…
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or…
In brief Algorand plans to roll out post-quantum cryptography across accounts, wallets, custody systems, and consensus by the end of…
from the free-speech-is-a-good-thing dept Senators Ron Wyden and Ted Cruz have released the JAWBONE Act (“Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach…
By taking equity stakes in more than a dozen private businesses, the Trump administration has stretched executive power to new…
In brief Perplexity launched Brain, a memory system for Computer that builds a context graph of past sessions, sources, and…
After reports that the Trump administration and state of Florida are considering abandoning the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in the…
In brief Kentucky sued Kalshi and Polymarket, alleging they operate illegal sports betting platforms. The platforms argue their contracts fall…
from the giving-up-rights-for-vengeance dept Here it is: the dumbest defense of automatic license plate readers I’ve ever read. While we…
Until today, the federal law that prohibits “unlawful users” of controlled substances from possessing a gun was generally understood to…
In brief Predictors on Myriad are becoming increasingly bearish on Bitcoin and Ethereum as their prices slide on Thursday. Odds…