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 straight-up-mugging dept Let’s just clear the air right up front: this is just the government mugging Somalis because…
A federal law enacted in 1968, 177 years after the ratification of the Second Amendment, makes it a felony, currently…
In brief Opera stock climbed after MiniPay added support for Tether’s USDT stablecoin. MiniPay now supports dollar-pegged and gold-linked tokens…
from the lies,-damned-lies,-and… dept Remember last summer when everyone was freaking out about the explosion of AI-generated child sexual abuse…
President Donald Trump recently said: “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up…
In brief Shares in Bed Bath & Beyond are up about 5% on Monday amid news the firm is leaning…
from the thieves-liars-murderers-and-bastards dept Trump’s going to win the election he lost, no matter what he has to do to…
AI-Generated Image. (AI-generated image.) A revised and updated version of my article “Immigration is Not Invasion” now up on SSRN,…
In brief Strategy’s Bitcoin bet showed losses on paper for the first time in years. Its shares have fallen 62%…
Long after the sitcom Schitt’s Creek ended in 2020, it would not have been abnormal to catch me talking like…
In brief Prediction market Myriad has teamed up with AceTrader, enabling users to predict on the AceTrader 100 competition. The…
from the not-how-any-of-this-works dept We called bullshit when Republicans tried to order websites to carry content. We’re calling bullshit now…