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.
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Take a seat and crack open a beer, because summer is…
In brief Researchers found people behave more unethically toward AI agents than human workers in customer-service scenarios. The study says…
Renée Good had just died. Hours after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot the Minneapolis protester on January…
In brief TD Cowen analysts have upgraded the price targets for shares of Strategy (MSTR) to $400 per share. The…
I am not a fan of Bill Maher. I saw him perform when I was a Summer Associate in 2008…
In brief Japan’s ruling LDP party has put forward a proposal framing on-chain finance as a way to protect yen…
They’re at it again: Yesterday, the unions representing the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) workers reached an agreement with the Metropolitan…
In brief Attackers minted 1,000 eBTC on Echo Protocol’s Monad blockchain deployment before borrowing and moving funds across chains. Echo…
from the bad-ideas-from-terrible-people dept We’ve talked a lot about how Americans have somehow accepted the fact that our voice networks…
From Brooks v. Lowes Home Centers LLC, decided yesterday by Judge Jerry Edwards, Jr. (W.D. La.): In resolving a prior…
In brief Bitcoin ETFs saw $648 million in outflows Monday, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $448 million. Long-term Bitcoin holders…
When Reason magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary back in 2018, I helped mark the occasion with a column about “the…