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 Investors are buying gold and silver as a hedge against fears of monetary debasement, macro uncertainty, and a…
from the tiny-little-coffins dept ACIP is meeting this week, which means we all get to clench our sphincters as we…
Paulina Borsook was an early writer for Wired magazine in the 1990s who became alarmed by what she saw as…
In brief Reform UK landed a record-breaking $11.4 million (£9 million) donation from Christopher Harborne, the largest gift ever made…
Hillary Clinton is once again opining on a topic near and dear to her heart: the spread of misinformation on…
In brief A Delhi IT worker claims he used ChatGPT to build a fake payment site that captured a scammer’s…
Today the Supreme Court decided the Texas redistricting case by a 6-3 vote. I’ll get to my analysis later, but…
In brief The manifesto, which did not mention a token, argues AI won’t reach human-level intelligence. The PLOI token quickly…
Car prices have been climbing for years. In September, Kelly Blue Book reports, the average transaction price of vehicles reached…
A review of The Disenlightenment: Politics, Horror, and Entertainment by David Mamet; 244 pages; Broadside Books (June 2025)Take a look…
In brief Myriad predictors have flipped bullish once more on the top crypto assets. Predictors now heavily favor a Bitcoin…
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…