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.
When a resource is underpriced, people tend to overuse it. In cities around the world, free or cheap parking leads…
In brief SpaceX move around $94 million worth of Bitcoin on Wednesday. The move is the latest in a string…
Today’s guest is Sarah McLaughlin, a senior scholar at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and author of Authoritarians in…
Astonishing recent advances in generative AI mean that in a matter of seconds, with a prompt and a few clicks,…
In brief Paxful pleaded guilty to federal charges and will pay $7.5 million total in criminal and civil penalties for…
from the hypocrisy-in-every-possible-thing dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. For months, the Trump administration has been…
The Justice Department recently established a “Second Amendment Section” within its Civil Rights Division. On its face, that move is…
In brief Trump Billionaires Club is slated to launch at the end of this year on iOS and Android. Players…
The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, voted to lower its federal funds rate—the interest rate that…
In brief QVAC Health stores biometric and activity data locally instead of using cloud servers. The release follows Tether’s $81…
from the the-blunder-down-under dept Australia’s social media ban for kids is now in effect. As we’ve discussed, this is a…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no fan of seed oils, which he says contribute to a long list of chronic…