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 BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) acquired 65,341 ETH last week. The company now holds over 4.66 million ETH tokens,…
From Authors Guild & Am. Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, decided today by Judge Colleen…
In brief Prosecutors said a March filing submitted in Sam Bankman-Fried’s name appears to have been sent from San Francisco,…
From today’s long decision by Judge Jennifer Thurston (E.D. Cal.) in Chandler v. Macomber: [S]ix women incarcerated in California women’s…
In brief 200 protesters marched from Anthropic to OpenAI and xAI offices in San Francisco. Activists called on AI companies…
One of my favorite hobbies is scanning the Supreme Court’s orders list and trying to figure out why a Justice…
In brief Strategy has raised billions of dollars via variable-rate preferred share, STRC, following the conclusion of its annual conference…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss whether it’s finally time to abolish the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).…
In brief Polymarket and Kalshi both made new moves to try and curb insider trading on their prediction market platforms.…
from the five-stars-don’t-beat-one-amendment dept This was extremely wild shit to be happening anywhere, much less in the land of the…
From Zorn v. Linton, decided today in an unsigned per curiam opinion: On the Governor’s inauguration day in Vermont, protesters…
In brief Bitcoin climbed above $71,000 today, offering bulls their first glimpse of relief since February’s collapse. At the same…