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 Amazon announced Alexa.com on Monday, bringing its Alexa+ assistant to a browser-based, chat-style interface. The early access product…
from the they-were-legal dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. It was a chilly afternoon in January,…
McCleary v. Nexstar Media Group, Inc., decided last month by the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, but just posted a…
In brief Drake and popular straemer Adin Ross were among named defendants in a new RICO class-action suit filed in…
In his year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts makes some notable statements about…
In brief Grok generates non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and minors using simple prompts like “put her in a bikini.”…
from the compelled-speech-101 dept New York Governor Kathy Hochul just signed a law that’s going to get expensive fast. The…
AI-generated image. A revised and updated version of my article “Immigration is Not Invasion” now up on SSRN and can…
In brief Goldman Sachs raised its price target for Coinbase to $303 from $294. Recent product rollouts make Coinbase “more…
Today’s New York Times reports on a new study by three economists purporting to show that the Supreme Court’s decisions are…
In brief A Polymarket user won $436,759 after betting on the removal of Nicolás Maduro, prompting one U.S. lawmaker to…
from the administration-seeing-if-it-can-get-NO-RAGRETS-tattoo-removed dept It’s hilarious that a single Salvadoran migrant has made the Trump administration look so pitiful. During…