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 Researchers show Anthropic-style exploits can be reproduced with public AI, report claims. Study suggests vulnerability discovery is already…
When the Trump administration tore up a trade agreement that allowed fresh tomatoes to be imported from Mexico without tariffs,…
In brief Blockchain data shows the U.S. government transferred more than $600,000 worth of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex…
from the his-own-people-are-still-the-worst dept Just to be clear, when I refer to “Trump” in terms of his administration, I’m referring…
The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, by Catherine Fletcher, Princeton University Press, 352 pages, $35 The…
In brief Dogecoin Cash Inc. proposed a framework where one billion tokens would equal one gram of physical gold. The…
People often ask me if I always wanted to be a law professor, or if I always knew I wanted…
The Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn unconstitutional restrictions that criminalized drone flights near federal immigration enforcement operations — a direct…
In brief Autonomous AI agents run 19% of on-chain activity, losing to humans by up to a 5-to-1 margin at…
New Hampshire is not the only state subject to court-ordered commandeering. Next week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
In brief Kraken parent company Payward entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bitnomial for up to $550 million in…
Short-term FISA extension. The House voted early Friday to extend the expiring Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for another 10 days,…