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 Strategy reported a fourth-quarter loss of $12.4 billion. The company’s stock price fell to its lowest point in…
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Days into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House,…
Access to legal immigration, which allowed my grandparents to settle here following World War II, has been a lasting gift…
In brief Predictors have swung overwhelmingly in favor of the bearish side of Myriad’s “pump or dump” markets for Bitcoin…
from the the-chilling-effects-are-real dept For years, we’ve been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration’s…
On the campaign trail in 2024, Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to close the Department of Education and return oversight of…
In brief Shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies hit a 7-month low Thursday, falling to its lowest point since the firm…
from the too-stupid-by-half dept I have to admit: the first one-and-a-half paragraphs of this CNN report had me thinking the…
A provision of a large farm bill moving through the Florida Legislature that would expand the state’s “food libel” law…
In brief In a private session at the Institute for Advanced Study, physicists and astronomers acknowledged that agentic AI systems…
from the it’s-blaring dept If you’ve been paying attention to surveillance and civil liberties issues over the past fifteen years,…
On Wednesday, Variety published the headline: “J.K. Rowling Denies Inviting Jeffrey Epstein to ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’ Broadway Opening, DOJ…