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 but-the-good-stuff-works-too-well! dept While each iteration presents a chance to improve, there are some very real reasons why facial…
Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges was not a typical emergency docket application. This was not a case where…
In Washington, D.C., a gun cannot be legally owned unless it is registered, and it cannot be registered if it…
The defining strategy of 2025 was not choosing a single “best large learning model.” It was assembling a stack. Claude…
from the our-sad-desperation-means-the-product-is-good dept If your product is even a third as innovative and useful as you claim it is,…
From a decision by Judge Eleanor Ross (N.D. Ga.) in Reprieto v. Cherokee County School Dist., decided May 30 but…
In an essay from her classic collection Against Interpretation (1966), the writer and critic Susan Sontag identifies two contrasting forms…
The defining strategy of 2025 was not choosing a single “best large learning model.” It was assembling a stack. Claude…
In federal district court in Washington, DC, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly handed down two opinions in the last two weeks in…
from the the-open-web-is-closing dept Last week, Google filed suit against SerpApi, a scraping company that helps businesses pull data from…
The Supreme Court yesterday declined to let President Donald Trump deploy federalized National Guard members in the Chicago area to…
Gamers love competitive shooters—that much is obvious from the popularity of games like Battlefield, Call of Duty, and Fortnite.Cooperative games…