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 Circle acquired over 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued blockchain patents from IBM, making it the largest…
Last September, the Department of Energy (DOE) recommended cancellation of 624 grants for clean energy projects that had been approved…
In brief Bitmine says it now holds 5.79 million ETH worth about $11.3 billion. The company’s holdings now represent roughly…
Over the past three years, the rise of anti-semitism has come as a surprise to many. It shouldn’t have. The…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not…
Cal. Labor Code § 1050 provides, Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who, after having discharged an employee from…
In brief Strategy added $525 million to its USD Reserve, taking it to $3.75 billion, and skipped a Bitcoin buy…
from the affordable-fiber-optics-is-woke dept Earlier this year the Trump administration decided to illegally dismantle the 2021 Digital Equity Act, which…
In brief Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pushed back on advice for crypto firms to “pivot to AI,” calling it “zero…
An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Industry Ass’n v. Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges…
In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows for a second straight day on Friday, reversing a seven-day inflow…
/27/1929: The Geneva Conventions are signed by United States. The Supreme Court would consider the Conventions in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006).…