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.
From Magistrate Judge Stephanie Christensen (C.D. Cal.) in Creditors Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. All Season Power LLC, decided Feb. 13…
In brief Ethereum has rebounded, trading near $2,330, up about 2.6% over the past 24 hours. Traders on prediction market Myriad have flipped…
According to President Donald Trump, two of the three justices that he himself appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court are…
In brief A Buenos Aires court has ordered access to Polymarket blocked in Argentina. The order includes a nationwide ISP…
The First Amendment states that the government “shall make no law….abridging the freedom of speech.” But one prominent conservative judge,…
A police officer in Davie, Florida, arrested Demarquize Dawson because the frame around his rental car’s license plate covered the…
In brief Bitcoin surged to $74,157 on Monday as the U.S.-Iran conflict heightened geopolitical uncertainty. The exhaustion of selling pressure,…
In brief Strategy notched its largest Bitcoin purchase of the year. The Bitcoin-buying firm meanwhile issued nearly $1.2 billion worth…
In brief Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies added another $138 million worth of ETH last week. The firm’s purchase…
A Review of Sex and Style: Literary Criticism and Gender in Early Modern England by Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, 216 pages, Princeton…
In brief Three Tennessee minors have sued xAI, alleging Grok generated CSAM from their real photos and spread it online,…
In brief The former LASD deputy was sentenced in a federal extortion case tied to crypto “Godfather” figure Adam Iza.…