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 Qwen3.8-Max runs 2.4 trillion parameters and is the first Max-class Qwen model Alibaba will release as open weights.…
Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz…
In brief Hashdex will close and liquidate its Bitcoin ETF, which manages about $14.7 million. Trading ends Aug. 17, with…
from the be-careful-what-you-wish-for dept I don’t know but when your best argument is “we got locked out of our accounts…
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: D.C’s “worst landlord” is the district…
In Doe v. Jones, decided yesterday by Judge Thomas Durkin (N.D. Ill.), Doe sued her ex-boyfriend Jones for surreptitiously videorecording…
This column was originally published in the Hoosier State Press Association’s August 2026 newsletter. Update: Hours after the media coalition…
Some excerpts from Thursday’s long decision in Zafar v. Saghier, by Texas Court of Appeals Justice Wade Birdwell, joined by…
In brief Apple has limited how many bug reports a researcher can have open at once after a surge of…
From Meeks v. State, decided Thursday by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Scott Rowland:…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not…
from the what-the-hell-are-you-doing,-dumbass dept It’s hard to not have noticed that a key enabler of U.S. authoritarianism was our consolidated…