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 the vampire-squid-strikes-again dept To lose one speech-suppressing SLAPP suit may be regarded as thoughtless. To lose two looks like…
Graham Platner is now the Democrats’ official choice to be Maine’s next senator, scandals be damned. Notably, his first campaign…
In brief Coinbase unveiled Coinbase for Agents, which connects AI agents directly to user accounts. The product allows agents to…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept It’s no secret that Photoshop can be a bit dense when you’re first getting your feet…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed a memorandum of understanding with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White on Thursday…
In brief Anthropic admitted its invisible LLM-development safeguards were “the wrong tradeoff” and will replace them with visible fallbacks to…
from the the-end-of-ten-blue-links dept Google didn’t invent full-text search of the Internet – that honor belongs to early pioneers such…
Ernest Hemingway once wrote that there are two ways to go bankrupt: “gradually and then suddenly.” For Social Security, the…
In brief Former xAI engineer Devin Kim has sued xAI and SpaceX, alleging he was fired after raising concerns about…
It’s hard to think of a better illustration of the dramatic changes that our President has wrought in the world…
In brief Two individuals believed to be senior members of AudiA6’s money laundering organization were arrested in the Republic of…
from the oh-cool-more-fascists dept If federal officers are going to murder another person, it will likely happen here. Newark, New…