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 Leaked internal data suggest that Binance failed to prevent 13 suspicious accounts from operating after its November 2023…
from the lol-DOJ-lol dept Imagine having all the power but none of the brains. That’s the current administration, the one…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says recording or following federal law enforcement “sure sounds like obstruction of justice,” despite…
In brief Shadow library Anna’s Archive has “backed up Spotify,” scraping 86 million audio files amounting to 300TB of data.…
Groceries, like almost everything these days, are seeing prices rise. Millions of Americans have tempered some of these hikes by…
In brief Pudgy Party has attracted over 1 million downloads while maintaining a 4.9 Apple App Store rating. It adds…
Shein, a cheap-stuff superstore based in China that is popular worldwide, cannot sell sex toys unless it checks purchaser IDs,…
In brief Bitcoin topped $90,000 Monday morning—fueled by futures market speculation, not organic spot buying, as shown by diverging on-chain…
President Donald Trump ordered a “complete blockade” last week of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela—a giant escalation…
In brief Financial institutions continued adopting Bitcoin in 2025. Bitcoin-buying firms emerged in all shapes and sizes. Controversy brewed over…
from the nice-work-if-you-can-get-it dept I’ve written a lot about the AOL–>AT&T–>Time Warner–>Discovery mergers simply because I think they perfectly encapsulate…
From In re Marriage of Patel & Yendru, decided Friday by the Kansas Court of Appeals, in an opinion by…