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.
Canada’s 215 Imaginary Martyrs How will Canadian journalists cover the five-year anniversary of the 2021 ‘unmarked-graves’ social panic without admitting…
In brief Bitcoin’s active investor cost basis at $78,000 stalled the recent rally, with the ETP average cost basis at…
LSD was famously pioneered by the CIA and adopted by the hippie movement. But it wasn’t the only psychedelic technology that made…
In brief The Arbitrum Security Council has frozen 30,766 ETH worth $71.5 million linked to the weekend’s KelpDAO exploit. The…
Over at Divided Argument, Will Baude comments on the NYT release of internal Supreme Court memos concerning whether to stay the Obama…
In Germany, officials stress that military service remains voluntary. But an update to its military service law, which quietly took…
This morning the Court granted cert in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. The petition presented three questions: 1. Whether…
Some excerpts from Judge Cecilia Altonaga (S.D. Fla.) long opinion today in Pete v. Cooper (for more on the earlier…
In brief BitMine Immersion Technologies added 101,627 ETH or around $235 million worth last week. It’s the firm’s largest purchase…
From today’s decision by Chief Judge Andrew Gordon (D. Nev.) in Patel v. Stewartson (for more on the $100K compensatory…
In brief Ocean Network is launching a decentralized peer-to-peer compute network that leverages idle and underused GPUs. Users will be…
Whenever a new petition is granted, I always check the counsel of record. I keep a running tally of how…