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.
NA Today, the US Court of International Trade issued an important ruling striking down Donald Trump’s massive Section 122 tariffs,…
In brief Solv Protocol is migrating more than $700 million in tokenized Bitcoin infrastructure from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP. The…
President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been ruled illegal—again. A three-judge panel at the U.S Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled…
In brief Donald Trump Jr. said the Trump family has not abandoned World Liberty Financial, dispelling online rumors. Co-founder Zach…
Property once owned by Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles. (Pacific Legal Foundation/Latham & Watkins) In Milstein v. City of…
In brief Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies may start slowing its ETH purchases. Of the potential slowdown, the firm’s…
from the security-theater dept Utah has a long track record of short-sighted internet policymaking, but the latest example really does…
In a recent meeting of the Box Elder County Commission in Tremonton, Utah, a man yelled at the cloud. “It’s…
In brief AI tools like Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview are dramatically lowering the bar for cyberattacks, enabling even unskilled actors…
Federal civil rights law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and also sex. Quite obviously, these protections have to…
In brief Researchers at IMDEA Networks found 13+ third-party trackers embedded in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Perplexity, including tools from…
from the worst-people-have-the-most-power dept The cops never change. Only the tech toys do. That’s the upshot of this report from…