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 Bloomberg published leaked renders of iOS 27’s revamped Siri ahead of WWDC 2026 on June 8, showing a…
from the it’s-almost-as-if-they-want-more-crime dept This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The United States…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new memo on Tuesday, directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take…
In brief Sui’s layer-1 blockchain is currently suffering another major network outage. The network’s engineers have identified the issue and…
Right now, tens of thousands of Americans with end-stage kidney disease spend years waiting for a viable transplant, which are…
In brief Anthropic raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round, valuing the AI company at $965 billion. The…
from the corruption-kills dept There are two major reasons that the U.S. doesn’t pass an internet-era privacy law or regulate…
California’s onerous and easily exploitable environmental review law is being pushed to new levels of absurdity by unionized state workers…
In brief Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tencent developed ProAct, an AI agent designed to predict likely user…
About a month after federal prosecutors accused former CNN anchor Don Lemon and eight other people of violating civil rights…
In brief Kalshi sued Minnesota to block the state’s new law making prediction markets operations a felony. The lawsuit aligns…
With the backlash to wokeness in full swing, it was probably inevitable that some political figures would come to regret…