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.
Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday by a decisive margin, with crypto predictions markets again…
Zohran Mamdani has won New York City’s mayoral election. The self-described democratic socialist has promised New Yorkers a cornucopia of…
In brief Total crypto market liquidations topped $2 billion over the last day, led by Ethereum and Bitcoin. Bitcoin fell…
Today I attended oral argument at the Supreme Court. The first case of the day was Coney Island Auto Parts,…
In brief Amazon accused Perplexity’s Comet browser of violating its terms by disguising bots as human shoppers. Perplexity called the…
Five years ago, as Democrats grappled with a disappointing congressional election that saw their House majority decline by more than…
In brief Ilya Sutskever prepared a 52-page case against Sam Altman based almost entirely on unverified claims from one source—CTO…
This week, convicted tax-return leaker Charles Littlejohn will ask an appeals court to reduce his five-year prison sentence. But after…
In brief The U.S. Treasury sanctioned several North Korean bankers and businesses Tuesday for laundering stolen cryptocurrency to support North…
From Magistrate Judge Gray Borden’s opinion Friday in Studiorotan LLC v. Howell (N.D. Ala.): A team of researchers discovered the…
In brief Zcash is being portrayed as “encrypted Bitcoin,” according to Will Owens. The privacy-focused crypto shares some design elements…
from the where-we’ve-come-from,-where-we’re-going dept For two decades, the landscape of social media has been constantly changing, and the discourse about…