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 a video of a late-January incident in Minnesota, federal immigration officers sped past an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
In brief Animoca Brands has received a VASP licence from VARA to offer broker-dealer and asset management services in Dubai.…
In Indonesia’s Aceh province, which enforces strict Islamic sharia law, a woman and her partner were each publicly caned 140…
In brief Bitcoin’s three-month futures basis has ticked up, suggesting increased derivatives activity. Coinbase CEO says retail users are “buying…
In brief OpenClaw founder, Peter Steinberger, is joining OpenAI to lead work on personal AI agents. The company will move…
In brief The new powers would ban under-16s from social media, restrict infinite scroll and autoplay, and limit children’s access…
In brief Disney and Paramount have sent cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance over its Seedance 2.0 model, signaling a shift from…
On 10 February, Jesse Van Rootselaar (also known as Jesse Strang) killed eight people in the remote British Columbia mining…
In brief The creator of open-source AI agent platform OpenClawd said that he’s received acquisition offers from Meta and OpenAI.…
In brief Karin found herself “unbanked” amid a contentious divorce. She said crypto helped her establish financial independence. Her story…
In brief Developers merge BIP 360 into the Bitcoin’s GitHub improvement repository, advancing a post-quantum framework. Caltech President Thomas Rosenbaum…
Are the products you’re buying BPA-free? Nut-free? How about GMO-free? If the European Union (E.U.) has its way, we’ll soon…