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 May, Minnesota became the first state in the country to outlaw prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket. Minnesota…
In brief Anthropic said its unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model found a previously unknown attack on HAWK, dropping the cost…
Most of the analysis of how Justices votes focuses on the merits docket. But there are far more votes worth…
In brief Michael Saylor posted a nine-post thread, drawing thousands of views, declaring Bitcoin’s consensus rules a “constitution” and framing…
from the the-woke-police dept On Friday this week the FTC’s open comment period regarding its “Policy Statement Addressing AI Accuracy”…
Great Britain is facing a free speech crisis, with more than 12,000 people arrested for online speech crimes in 2023…
In brief XRP is trading at $1.06, off nearly 8% over the past week. The movement happens as the U.S.…
From today’s decision by Judge Ann Aiken (D. Ore.) in Owen v. Askew, the allegations from plaintiff’s complaint: Plaintiff Kursten…
In brief Researchers demonstrated that Anthropic’s Claude Cowork could escape its local virtual machine and access files on a host…
from the big-brother-is-actually-a-bunch-of-little-brothers dept The always-invaluable 404 Media has scored another minor coup. We all know ICE is heavily invested…
From today’s sanctions order in Copycat Legal PLLC v. Peralo, by Judge David Leibowitz (S.D. Fla.), entered on the court’s…
In brief Bitcoin’s brief rally to $66,921 failed at the golden zone and price has since fallen back to $63,422—a…