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 Meta plans to cut 10% of its workforce, or roughly 8,000 employees, according to the New York Times.…
On Monday, I wrote about an unusual situation at the Supreme Court: even though Kannon Shanmugam of Paul Weiss was…
A review of Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs by Antony Beevor; 384 pages; Weidenfeld & Nicolson (March 2026)In the…
In brief U.S. Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged with five federal crimes, including commodities fraud and unlawful…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
In February, The New York Times reported that FBI Director Kash Patel had assigned rotating SWAT teams to guard his girlfriend,…
In brief Anthropic’s shares are trading at $1 trillion on secondary platforms like Forge Global, overtaking OpenAI which sits at…
Over the last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been defending his proposed budget…
In brief Google unveiled the AI-powered Maps Imagery Grounding on Wednesday at Cloud Next. The tool lets filmmakers generate AI…
from the rose-colored-glasses dept Back when Netflix was proposing a takeover of Warner Brothers, you might recall that director James…
On this episode of Freed Up, Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi unpack a wild slate of stories: the Department of…
In brief Space and Time launched Dreamspace after 34,000 apps were created in beta. The AI tool generates, audits, and…